microsoft / microsoft/STL

P3059R2 Making User-Defined Constructors Of View Iterators/Sentinels `private`

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Description

WG21-P3059R2 Making User-Defined Constructors Of View Iterators/Sentinels private

No feature-test macro is mentioned.

At the 2026-03 meeting in Croydon, this was formally accepted as a Defect Report, which should be implemented retroactively back to C++20.

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Research direction

Read WG21-P3059R2 first, then locate the view iterator and sentinel implementations affected by its requirement. Check how those types are currently constructed and how C++20 conformance is tested; done means the Defect Report is implemented retroactively to C++20, with no feature-test macro added.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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