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Non grammatical term initializer is used like a language construct but not defined

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Description

While the grammatical term initializer has a definition, initializer as used throughout the standard is not defined anywhere, and since it is used as if it is a langauge construct, a definition should be specified, just like it is in the C11 standard. Such a definition should include grammatical initializers, as well as initializer-clauses (for function calls as the arguments are initializers, but not initializers)

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Compare the C11 definition of initializer with the C++ standard's existing definitions and uses of initializer and initializer-clause. Define the non-grammatical term so it covers grammatical initializers and initializer-clauses, including function-call arguments; done means the terminology is defined consistently throughout the standard.

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