3201. lerp should be marked as noexcept

Section: 29.7.4 [c.math.lerp] Status: C++20 Submitter: Paolo Torres Opened: 2019-04-10 Last modified: 2021-02-25

Priority: 2

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Discussion:

The overloads of lerp should be marked as noexcept, and this can be explained through the Lakos Rule. This function does not specify any undefined behaviour, and as such has no preconditions. This implies it has a wide contract, meaning it cannot throw, and thus can be marked as noexcept.

[2020-02 Moved to Immediate on Thursday afternoon in Prague.]

Proposed resolution:

This wording is relative to N4810.

1. Modify 29.7.1 [cmath.syn], header <cmath> synopsis, as indicated:

   // 29.7.4 [c.math.lerp], linear interpolation
   constexpr float lerp(float a, float b, float t) noexcept;
   constexpr double lerp(double a, double b, double t) noexcept;
   constexpr long double lerp(long double a, long double b, long double t) noexcept;
   

2. Modify 29.7.4 [c.math.lerp] as indicated:

   constexpr float lerp(float a, float b, float t) noexcept;
   constexpr double lerp(double a, double b, double t) noexcept;
   constexpr long double lerp(long double a, long double b, long double t) noexcept;