On Thu, Jun 25, 2026 at 6:34 AM Rune Lund Olesen via Std-Proposals
<std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
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> Hello All,
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> The current std::byte has some deep issues in that it is too opaque to the point it is flawed by design.
> (we know it is in reality a scoped enum).

I don't accept the premise (or at a minimum, it is an unsupported
premise). Could you please elaborate on what the problems are first?
 Why existing solutions are insufficient, and how whatever you're
suggesting solves the problems.

> Especially this comes up in generic code where it is cumbersome to add specializations because it is not a fundamental type.

Example, please.