CWG3208 [basic.life] reference binding to base of virtual base outside of lifetime #936

Full name of submitter: Lénárd Szolnoki

Reference: [basic.life]

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Issue description

Referring to bases of virtual base classes is inconsistently restricted between pointer conversions and reference binding.

[basic.life] p7:

The program has undefined behavior if
...

• the pointer is converted ([conv.ptr], [expr.static.cast]) to a pointer to a virtual base class or to a base class thereof, or

(emphasis mine)

[basic.life] p8:

The program has undefined behavior if
...

• the glvalue is bound to a reference to a virtual base class ([dcl.init.ref]), or

Paragraph 7 was modified by [CWG3001]. Missing paragraph 8 seems like an oversight here.

Suggested resolution

Modify the bullet point in [basic.life] p8:

• the glvalue is bound to a reference to a virtual base class or to a base class thereof ([dcl.init.ref]), or