<HTML>
<HEAD>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<TITLE>
    CWG Issue 2069</TITLE>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
  INS { text-decoration:none; font-weight:bold; background-color:#A0FFA0 }
  .INS { text-decoration:none; background-color:#D0FFD0 }
  DEL { text-decoration:line-through; background-color:#FFA0A0 }
  .DEL { text-decoration:line-through; background-color: #FFD0D0 }
  @media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
    HTML { background-color:#202020; color:#f0f0f0; }
    A { color:#5bc0ff; }
    A:visited { color:#c6a8ff; }
    A:hover, a:focus { color:#afd7ff; }
    INS { background-color:#033a16; color:#aff5b4; }
    .INS { background-color: #033a16; }
    DEL { background-color:#67060c; color:#ffdcd7; }
    .DEL { background-color:#67060c; }
  }
  SPAN.cmnt { font-family:Times; font-style:italic }
</STYLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<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
  list.</EM></P>
<P>2025-09-28</P>
<HR>
<A NAME="2069"></A><H4>2069.
  
Do destructors have names?
</H4>
<B>Section: </B>11.4.7&#160; [<A href="https://wg21.link/class.dtor">class.dtor</A>]
 &#160;&#160;&#160;

 <B>Status: </B>CD4
 &#160;&#160;&#160;

 <B>Submitter: </B>Richard Smith
 &#160;&#160;&#160;

 <B>Date: </B>2015-01-13<BR>


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

<P>According to 9.10 [<A href="https://wg21.link/namespace.udecl#4">namespace.udecl</A>] paragraph 4,</P>

<BLOCKQUOTE>

[<I>Note:</I> Since destructors do not have names,
a <I>using-declaration</I> cannot refer to a destructor for
a base class....

</BLOCKQUOTE>

<P>However, 11.4.7 [<A href="https://wg21.link/class.dtor#13">class.dtor</A>] paragraph 13 says,</P>

<BLOCKQUOTE>

In an explicit destructor call, the destructor name appears
as a <TT>~</TT> followed by a <I>type-name</I>
or <I>decltype-specifier</I> that denotes the destructor's
class type...

</BLOCKQUOTE>

<P>See also 6.5.5.2 [<A href="https://wg21.link/class.qual#1.1">class.qual</A>] bullet 1.1:</P>

<BLOCKQUOTE>

a destructor name is looked up as specified in
6.5.5 [<A href="https://wg21.link/basic.lookup.qual">basic.lookup.qual</A>];

</BLOCKQUOTE>

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

<OL>
<LI><P>Change 6.5.5.2 [<A href="https://wg21.link/class.qual#1.1">class.qual</A>] bullet 1.1 as follows:</P></LI>

<UL>
<LI><P>
<DEL>a destructor name is looked up</DEL>
<INS>the lookup for a destructor is</INS> as specified in 6.5.5 [<A href="https://wg21.link/basic.lookup.qual">basic.lookup.qual</A>];</P></LI>

</UL>

<LI><P>Change 11.4.7 [<A href="https://wg21.link/class.dtor#13">class.dtor</A>] paragraph 13 as follows:</P></LI>

<BLOCKQUOTE>

In an explicit destructor call, the destructor <DEL>name appears
as</DEL> <INS>is specified by</INS> a <TT>~</TT> followed by
a <I>type-name</I> or <I>decltype-specifier</I> that denotes the
destructor's class type. The invocation...

</BLOCKQUOTE>

</OL>

<BR><BR>
</BODY>
</HTML>
