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Is there an ambiguity around `~` meaning ones'-complement and destructor?

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Description

    This should be a separate issue.

Originally posted by @tkoeppe in https://github.com/cplusplus/draft/pull/5984#discussion_r1028347019

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Start with the discussion referenced from pull request 5984, since the issue names no file, test, or entry point. Determine the precise ambiguity between ~ as ones'-complement and as a destructor, then document a resolved interpretation or wording decision in the relevant C++ standard draft material.

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tex
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documentation
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Documentation
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Needs clarification
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