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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="715"></A><H4>715.
  
Class member access constant expressions
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<B>Section: </B>7.7&#160; [<A href="https://wg21.link/expr.const">expr.const</A>]
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 <B>Status: </B>CD2
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 <B>Submitter: </B>Steve Adamczyk
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 <B>Date: </B>17 September, 2008<BR>


<P>[Voted into WP at October, 2009 meeting.]</P>

<P>Bullet 12 of paragraph 2 of 7.7 [<A href="https://wg21.link/expr.const">expr.const</A>] says,</P>

<UL><LI><P>a class member access (7.6.1.5 [<A href="https://wg21.link/expr.ref">expr.ref</A>])
unless its <I>postfix-expression</I> is of effective literal type
or of pointer to effective literal type;</P></LI></UL>

<P>This wording needs to be clearer that the &#8220;effective
literal type&#8221; provision applies only to the <TT>.</TT>
form of member access and the &#8220;pointer to effective
literal type&#8221; applies only to the <TT>-&gt;</TT> form.</P>

<P><B>Proposed resolution (March, 2009):</B></P>

<P>Delete 7.7 [<A href="https://wg21.link/expr.const#2.11">expr.const</A>] bullet 2.11:</P>

<UL><LI><DEL>a class member access (7.6.1.5 [<A href="https://wg21.link/expr.ref">expr.ref</A>]) unless
its postfix-expression is of effective literal type or of pointer to
effective literal type;</DEL></LI></UL>

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