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<P><EM>This is an unofficial snapshot of the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG21
  Core Issues List revision 118b.
  See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ for the official
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<P>2025-09-28</P>
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<A NAME="2033"></A><H4>2033.
  
Redundant restriction on partial specialization argument
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<B>Section: </B>13.7.6.1&#160; [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp.spec.partial.general">temp.spec.partial.general</A>]
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 <B>Submitter: </B>CWG
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 <B>Date: </B>2014-11-04<BR>


<P>[Adopted at the February, 2016 meeting.]</P>

<P>Bullets 9.3 and 9.4 of 13.7.6.1 [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp.spec.partial.general">temp.spec.partial.general</A>] say,</P>

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<P>Within the argument list of a class template partial
specialization, the following restrictions apply:</P>

<UL>
<LI><P>...</P></LI>

<LI><P>The argument list of the specialization shall not be
identical to the implicit argument list of the primary
template.</P></LI>

<LI><P>The specialization shall be more specialized than the
primary template (13.7.6.3 [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp.spec.partial.order">temp.spec.partial.order</A>]).</P></LI>

<LI><P>...</P></LI>

</UL>

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<P>The former is implied by the latter and should be
omitted.</P>

<P>(See also issues <A HREF="1315.html">1315</A>,
<A HREF="1647.html">1647</A>, and
<A HREF="2127.html">2127</A>.)</P>

<P><B>Proposed resolution (September, 2015):</B></P>

<P>Delete bullet 9.3 of 13.7.6.1 [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp.spec.partial.general">temp.spec.partial.general</A>]:</P>

<UL><LI><P><DEL>The argument list of the specialization shall not be
identical to the implicit argument list of the primary
template.</DEL></P></LI></UL>

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