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[intro.execution] Runtime-only UB on unsequenced operations

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P2996R13 added a new paragraph to [intro.execution] ([intro.execution] p16):

During the evaluation of an expression as a core constant expression ([expr.const]), evaluations of operands of individual operators and of subexpressions of individual expressions that are otherwise either unsequenced or indeterminately sequenced are evaluated in lexical order.

This paragraph seemingly makes the UB specified in [intro.execution] p10 runtime-only (and thus has addressed CWG2192). Do we want to say "runtime-undefined behavior" instead of plain "undefined behavior" in the associated example?

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Read P2996R13 and compare [intro.execution] p10 and p16, especially the associated example linked in the issue. Determine whether p16 limits the example's undefined behavior to runtime evaluation, then update the wording decision for the example accordingly.

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