This is an unofficial snapshot of the ISO/IEC JTC1 SC22 WG21 Core Issues List revision 117a. See http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/ for the official list.

2025-04-13

15. Default arguments for parameters of function templates

9.3.4.7 [dcl.fct.default] paragraph 4 says:

For non-template functions, default arguments can be added in later declarations of a functions in the same scope.

 template <class T> struct B { template <class U> inline void f(U); }; template <class T> template <class U> inline void B<T>::f(U = int) {} // adds default arguments // is this well-formed? void g() { B<int> b; b.f(); } 

Rationale: This is sufficiently clear in the standard. Allowing additional default arguments would be an extension.

Notes from October 2002 meeting:

The example here is flawed. It's not clear what is being requested. One possibility is the extension introduced by issue 226. Other meanings don't seem to be useful.