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P3019R14 `indirect` And `polymorphic`: Vocabulary Types For Composite Class Design

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WG21-P3019R14 indirect And polymorphic: Vocabulary Types For Composite Class Design
LWG-4251 Move assignment for indirect unnecessarily requires copy construction
LWG-4325 std::indirect's operator== still does not support incomplete types
LWG-4532 Imprecise std::polymorphic wording seems to imply slicing

Feature-test macro:

#define __cpp_lib_indirect 202502L
#define __cpp_lib_polymorphic 202502L

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Research direction

Start by reading WG21-P3019R14 and the three listed LWG issues to understand the proposed indirect and polymorphic vocabulary types and their wording requirements. The issue notes that PRs for C++26 features are not yet accepted; completion would require an implementation and the specified __cpp_lib_indirect and __cpp_lib_polymorphic feature-test macros.

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cpp
Domain
backend-api-design
Issue type
Feature
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Newbie friendliness
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