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CWG2709 Parenthesized initialization of reference-to-array #1494
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EWG discussed this during the May 11th, 2023 telecon, and the following poll was taken:
For CWG2709, EWG believes that parenthesized aggregate initialization should also be valid on a reference to an aggregate.
SF F N A SA 0 0 4 6 2 Result: Consensus Against
EWG was in agreement with the status quo, so there is nothing left to do for this issue, closing.
Paper P0960R3 enabled initialization of aggregates (including arrays) from parenthesized expression lists. The rather similar case of initializating a reference to an aggregate was not addressed. For example:
There is no evidence in 9.4.1 [dcl.init.general] paragraph 16 that such support is intended, nor does 9.4.4 [dcl.init.ref] paragraph 5 admit an initializer other than a (single) expression for a reference.
See CWG2709.