Function default argument value depending on argument name in C duplicate

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If one defines a new variable in C++, then the name of the variable can be used in the initialization expression, for example:

int x = sizeof(x);

And what about default value of a function argument? Is it allowed there to reference the argument by its name? For example:

void f(int y = sizeof(y)) {}

This function is accepted in Clang, but rejected in GCC with the error:

'y' was not declared in this scope
Jun 2, 2022 in C++ by Nicholas
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When the function is called with no argument for the corresponding parameter, the default argument is evaluated. 

In a default argument, a parameter must not appear as a potentially evaluated expression. 

A function's parameters declared before a default argument are in scope and can obscure the namespace and class member name.

It provides the following example:

int h(int a, int b = sizeof(a)); // OK, unevaluated operand

So, this function declaration

void f(int y = sizeof(y)) {}

is correct because, according to C++17 8.3.3 Sizeof:, y is not an evaluated operand in this expression sizeof(y).

1 The size-of operator returns the number of bytes in the operand's object representation. 

The operand is either an expression or a parenthesized type-id, which is an unevaluated operand (Clause 8).

and C++17 6.3.2 Declaration Point:

1 Except as noted below, a name's point of declaration is immediately after its complete declarator (Clause 11) and before its initializer (if any).

answered Jun 7, 2022 by Damon
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