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[2025-02 CWG Motion 2] P3542R0 Abolish the term "converting constructor" #7679

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9 changes: 0 additions & 9 deletions source/classes.tex
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specifies a conversion from
the types of its parameters (if any)
to the type of its class.
Such a constructor is called a
\defnadj{converting}{constructor}.
\begin{example}
\indextext{Jessie}%
\begin{codeblock}
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\end{example}
\end{note}

\pnum
\begin{note}
A non-explicit copy/move constructor\iref{class.copy.ctor},
including one implicitly declared,
is a converting constructor.
\end{note}

\rSec3[class.conv.fct]{Conversion functions}%
\indextext{function!conversion}%
\indextext{fundamental type conversion|see{conversion, user-defined}}%
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all the constructors of the class of the object being
initialized.
Otherwise, the candidate functions are all
the converting constructors\iref{class.conv.ctor} of that
the non-explicit constructors\iref{class.conv.ctor} of that
class.
The argument list is the
\grammarterm{expression-list} or \grammarterm{assignment-expression}
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\begin{itemize}
\item
The converting constructors\iref{class.conv.ctor} of
The non-explicit constructors\iref{class.conv.ctor} of
\tcode{T}
are candidate functions.
\item
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chosen, the initialization is ill-formed.
\begin{note}
This differs from other situations\iref{over.match.ctor,over.match.copy},
where only converting constructors are considered for copy-initialization.
where only non-explicit constructors are considered for copy-initialization.
This restriction only
applies if this initialization is part of the final result of overload
resolution.
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