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Re: [std-proposals] The Oxford variadic comma

From: Barry Revzin <barry.revzin_at_[hidden]>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2024 11:27:39 -0600
On Fri, Mar 1, 2024, 11:08 AM Jan Schultke via Std-Proposals <
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > void f(auto x ...) // deprecated, equivalent to f(auto,...)
>
> This is wrong. That case is not getting deprecated (and should not). I
> have extended the deprecation example in the proposed wording, but I
> think it's sufficiently clear otherwise.
>

Uh, why not? Is there a particular reason why it's important to allow
omitting the comma specifically here?

>
> Everything deprecated would become ill-formed in the future, or would
> have its meaning altered by a future proposal that claims the syntax.
> I don't think it's worth mentioning any of the cases that are already
> ill-formed (such as (int......)).
>
> I also want to keep what will become of the syntax intentionally
> vague, since we don't know whether it will be removed or reclaimed.
> All the developer needs to know is what is getting deprecated.
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Received on 2024-03-01 17:27:53