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2025-11-05

998. Function parameter transformations and template functions

9.3.4.6 [dcl.fct] paragraph 5 specifies that cv-qualifiers are deleted from parameter types. However, it's not clear what this should mean for function templates. For example,

    template<class T> struct A {
       typedef A arr[3];
    };

    template<class T> void f(const typename A<T>::arr) { }

    template void f<int>(const A<int>::arr); // #1

    template <class T> struct B {
       void g(T);
    };

    template <class T> void B<T>::g(const T) { } // #2

If cv-qualifiers are dropped, then the explicit instantiation in #1 will fail to match; if cv-qualifiers are retained, then the definition in #2 does not match the declaration.

Rationale (August, 2010):

This is a duplicate of issue 1001.