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[dcl.fct.def.default] p2 The expression of tense

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[dcl.fct.def.default] p2 says

the type T2 it would have had if it were implicitly declared.

This clause could be transformed to

If it were implicitly declared, it would have had the type T2.

IMHO, Is it a hybrid of past and present? Isn't the following more grammatically?

If it were implicitly declared, it would have the type T2.

Or

If it had been implicitly declared, it would have had the type T2.

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Locate [dcl.fct.def.default] p2 in the TeX draft and read the quoted sentence in context. Compare the proposed tense alternatives and consider the wording complete when that paragraph uses an agreed grammatical construction.

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