[format.arg] Declaration mismatch #3461

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1. jensmaurer commented on Nov 15, 2019

   

   jensmaurer

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   Given the definition of "value", it seems sufficiently obvious that the description is missing the "const" to fix this editorially.
2. jensmaurer

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   on Nov 15, 2019
3. zygoloid

   closed this as completedin #3465on Nov 26, 2019
4. cpplearner commented on Apr 6, 2021

   

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   Sorry, it seems that this constructor makes more sense without const. This constructor should be selected when the argument is of type void*. But if the parameter is const T* then template<class T> basic_format_arg(const T&) is a better match.

   Can we revert #3465 and make it a LWG issue?
5. jensmaurer commented on Apr 6, 2021

   

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   What we did editorially is making the synopsis identical to the function definition. Sorry that this seemingly went the wrong way.

   Please feel free to have an LWG issue created, but reverting the editorial fix would re-introduce the inconsistency, which seems to make the situation worse.