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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
  list.</EM></P>
<P>2025-09-28</P>
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<A NAME="611"></A><H4>611.
  
Zero-initializing references
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<B>Section: </B>9.5&#160; [<A href="https://wg21.link/dcl.init">dcl.init</A>]
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 <B>Status: </B>CD2
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 <B>Submitter: </B>Alisdair Meredith
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 <B>Date: </B>29 December 2006<BR>


<P>According to 9.5 [<A href="https://wg21.link/dcl.init#5">dcl.init</A>] paragraph 5,</P>

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<P>To <I>zero-initialize</I> an object of type <TT>T</TT> means:</P>

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

<LI><P>if <TT>T</TT> is a reference type, no initialization is
performed.</P></LI>
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<P>However, a reference is not an object, so this makes no sense.</P>

<P><B>Proposed resolution (March, 2010):</B></P>

<P>This issue is resolved by the resolution of
<A HREF="633.html">issue 633</A> in document N2993.</P>

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