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Re: [std-proposals] Defect report: not possible to declare-but-not-define a full specialization of a variable template

From: Christof Meerwald <cmeerw_at_[hidden]>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 16:10:08 +0100
On Tue, Jan 14, 2025 at 09:55:00AM -0500, Arthur O'Dwyer via Std-Proposals wrote:
> Maybe you guys missed it, but Brian Bi already gave the authoritative
> answer in this thread: "This is a known issue and needs a paper to fix."
> (Brian, is there any prior discussion — a CWG issue, any old papers, etc.?)

There was a thread on the core mailing list: "Can an explicit
specialization of a variable template be forward declared?" in July
2024. Even has a volunteer to write a paper.


Christof

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