1260. is_constructible<int*,void*> reports true

Section: 21.3.6.4 [meta.unary.prop] Status: Resolved Submitter: Peter Dimov Opened: 2009-11-07 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

The specification of is_constructible<T,Args...> in N3000 uses

static_cast<T>(create<Args>()...)

for the one-argument case, but static_cast also permits unwanted conversions such as void* to T* and Base* to Derived*.

[ Post-Rapperswil: ]

Moved to NAD EditorialResolved, this issue is addressed by paper n3047

Proposed resolution:

Change 21.3.6.4 [meta.unary.prop], p6:

the predicate condition for a template specialization is_constructible<T, Args> shall be satisfied, if and only if the following expression CE variable definition would be well-formed:

• if sizeof...(Args) == 0 1, the expression:

  static_cast<T>(create<Args>()...)
  T t;
  

• otherwise the expression:

  T t(create<Args>()...);