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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="534"></A><H4>534.
  
<I>template-name</I>s and <I>operator-function-id</I>s
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<B>Section: </B>Clause 13&#160; [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp">temp</A>]
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 <B>Status: </B>CD1
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 <B>Submitter: </B>Jens Maurer
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 <B>Date: </B>5 October 2005<BR>


<P>[Voted into WP at the October, 2006 meeting.]</P>

<P>Taken literally, Clause 13 [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp#2">temp</A>] paragraph 2 does not
permit operator functions to be templates:</P>

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In a function template declaration, the <I>declarator-id</I> shall be a
<I>template-name</I> (i.e., not a <I>template-id</I>).

</BLOCKQUOTE>

<P>and, in 13.3 [<A href="https://wg21.link/temp.names#1">temp.names</A>] paragraph 1, a <I>template-name</I>
is defined to be simply an <I>identifier</I>.</P>

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<A HREF="301.html">Issue 301</A> considered and rejected the
idea of changing the definition of <I>template-name</I> to include
<I>operator-function-id</I>s and <I>conversion-function-id</I>s.
Either that decision should be reconsidered or the various references
in the text to <I>template-name</I> should be examined to determine
if they should also mention the non-<I>identifier</I> possibilities
for function template names.</P>

<P><B>Proposed resolution (April, 2006):</B></P>

<P>This issue is resolved by the resolution of
<A HREF="301.html">issue 301</A>.</P>

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