| Doc. no. | P0005R1 |
| Date: | 2015-10-18 |
| Project: | Programming Language C++ |
| Reply to: | Alisdair Meredith <ameredith1@bloomberg.net> |
| Stephan T. Lavavej <stl@microsoft.com> | |
| Tomasz Kamiński <tomaszkam at gmail dot com> |
Original version of the paper for the 2015 pre-Kona mailing.
Revised to follow P0090R0, eliminating weak result type and result_type, and adding compatibility clauses to Annex C.
Additional future work item for std::reference_wrapper.
Established precedent for removing features from the standard without a period of deprecation.
This paper recommends moving the not_fn function binder immediately out of Library Fundamentals 2 TS, into the C++17 Working paper. There are no parts of the Fundamentals TS that depend on this new component, and it serves a bigger purpose in the main standard, allowing the deprecation and removal of the last of the legacy function binder APIs. It further recommends removing any remaining infrastructure to support the C++98 adaptable function binder protocol, that was mostly removed at the 2014 Urbana meeting.
In the same mailing as revision 0 of this paper, Stephan Lavavej proposed removing the same typedefs, along with the weak result type wording that completed support for the deprecated (and removed) binders. This paper agrees with that direction and merges his wording to form a single, votable paper. Stephan's proposal remains available if the committee prefer to remove the binder components without (yet) adopting the not_fn replacement.
The function template not_fn is first proposed by Tomasz Kamiński for Library Fundamentals 2, and so has not yet been published. However, there is extensive experience of this feature through the Boost library. The main reason cited for putting this into Fundamentals 2, rather than directly into C++17, was to give users early access to the feature. However, we are already seeing new C++17 library features available in the main standard library distributions, typically guarded by an experimental C++17 build mode flag.
The benefit of adopting this library directly into the C++ Standard is that it is the necessary missing component to allow us to deprecate the legacy negator types, unary_negate and binary_negate, and the factory functions not1 and not2. These are the last two library components that depend on the adaptable function protocol of embedding typedefs in functor classes to support adaption. The remaining facilities such as bind1st have already been removed, following their deprecation in C++11, and adopting not_fn would allow us to deprecate, and ultimately remove, this final legacy.
Traditionally we would start a long deprecation process before removing supported library features such as not1 and not2. However, this paper will argue that we should go further and actively remove them from the proposed C++17 standard, once the not_fn replacement is available, along with the adaptable functors have already been removed from the working paper.
The list of references at the end of this paper shows a number of other deprecated features targeted for removal in C++17, suggesting this would be an ideal time to perform cleanup, taking any hit of breaking compatibility with older code in one transition, rather than making each new version of the standard a risk.
Once the last of the classic binders are removed, then all of the support machinery created only for them should also be removed. That means removing all of the argument_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs in the standard library.
Note that the adaptable function protocol no longer functions as well when it was originally designed, due to the addition of new language features and libraries, such as lambda expressions, "diamond" functors, and more. This is not due to a lack of effort, but simply that it is not possible to have a unique set of typedefs for some of these types, such as polymorphic lambda objects. However, we do pay a cost for retaining support elsewhere in the library, due to the awkward conditionally defined member typedefs in several components, such as std::function wrapping a function type with exactly one or two parameters, or similarly for std::reference_wrapper for function references of exactly one or two arguments.
The original version of this paper recommended retaining the result_type typedefs under the mistaken impression they were part of the INVOKE protocol. Further research shows that link was severed back in 2007 with the adoption of N2194 which specified result_of entirely in terms of decltype, and so removing the link between bind-expressions and result_of when using INVOKE. With the subsequent removal of the deprecated function binders, and the proposed removal of the classic negators in this paper, there is no further use of weak result types in the standard library, other than defining them. Therefore, I agree with Stephan Lavavej in paper P0090R0 and recommend the removal weak result type and related uses of result_type from the standard library too.
Library vendors will often choose to continue supporting customers using previous library features long after the standard has removed them, especially if they support multiple versions of the standard through the same distribution. Stephan proposed adding a subsection to clause 17 reserving certain names for use by previous standards. This continues to reserve those names for use by the library, meaning that users are not permitted to start using these names as macros. It also allows vendors to remove these identifiers at a time of their choosing, rather than immediately on the release of the new standard. This will mitigate the previous removal of deprecated features like auto_ptr.
This paper adopts Stephan's wording with the minor alteration that continued support of the adaptable function typedefs is unspecified, rather than implementation defined. Stephan has a preference for his original wording, while Alisdair is concerned about mandating documentation for something outside the standard, so there should be at least some explicit LEWG guidance on which direction is preferred.
Removing a feature directly from the standard without a period of deprecation is unusual, but not without precedent. C++11 removed exported templates and the original meaning of the keyword auto. C++14 removed gets and the implicit const on constexpr functions. The C++17 working draft has already removed support for trigraphs.
Removing the result_type typedefs would enable support for incomplete types in reference_wrapper. That is not possible today due to the need to look inside the template type parameter to sniff out the presence of a weak result type, or any of the other nested typedefs. The key difference to the current proposal is that reference_wrapper would be actively prohibited from adding the previous (conditional) typedefs for compatibility purposes otherwise permitted by the proposed zombie-names clause. Additionally, 17.6.4.8 [res.on.functions]/2.5 still holds, making it clear that we would be required to call out this support for reference_wrapper. In the meantime, implementations would be free to document and extend this guarantee as a conforming extension.
Adopting this suggestion would enable code like the following, that is currently ill-formed if the template type parameters are incomplete when instantiated:
template<typename T, typename U>
auto my_tie(T& t, U& u) {
return std::make_tuple(ref(t), ref(u));
}
Another feature of the Boost library that contributed the original design for not_fn is an expansion of the bind language to return a bind expression that negates its result when called as !bind(a1, a2, ..., aN).
While this feature is desirable, it has not yet been through the LEWG process, and is slightly trickier to word than implement as the result of a 'bind' expression is unspecified, and the interaction works by providing an operator! overload for the unspecified bind-object type. Therefore, this is left as an extension to be proposed for the Library Fundamentals 3 TS.
The not_fn library, and its interaction with bind, have been popular parts of the Boost library distribution for over a decade now. The interface and specification are mature.
17.6.4.3.x Zombie names [zombie.names]
In namespace std, the following names are reserved for previous standardization: auto_ptr, bind1st, bind2nd, binder1st, binder2nd, mem_fun, mem_fun_ref, mem_fun_t, mem_fun1_t, mem_fun_ref_t, mem_fun1_ref_t, const_mem_fun_t, const_mem_fun1_t, const_mem_fun_ref_t, const_mem_fun1_ref_t, not1, not2, unary_negate, binary_negate, ptr_fun, pointer_to_unary_function, pointer_to_binary_function, random_shuffle, unary_function, and binary_function.
It is
implementation-definedunspecified whether function objects in the C++ standard library additionally provide the following typedefs: result_type, argument_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type.
Amend the <function> header synopsis in 20.0p2 [function.objects]:
// 20.9.9, negators:template <class Predicate> class unary_negate;template <class Predicate>constexpr unary_negate<Predicate> not1(const Predicate&);template <class Predicate> class binary_negate;template <class Predicate>constexpr binary_negate<Predicate> not2(const Predicate&);// 20.9.9, Function template not_fn template <class F> unspecified not_fn(F&& f);
Strike the result_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs from 20.8.2.4 [util.smartptr.ownerless].
20.8.2.4 Class template owner_less [util.smartptr.ownerless]
1 The class template owner_less allows ownership-based mixed comparisons of shared and weak pointers.
namespace std { template<class T> struct owner_less; template<class T> struct owner_less<shared_ptr<T> > {typedef bool result_type;typedef shared_ptr<T> first_argument_type;typedef shared_ptr<T> second_argument_type;bool operator()(shared_ptr<T> const&, shared_ptr<T> const&) const; bool operator()(shared_ptr<T> const&, weak_ptr<T> const&) const; bool operator()(weak_ptr<T> const&, shared_ptr<T> const&) const; }; template<class T> struct owner_less<weak_ptr<T> > {typedef bool result_type;typedef weak_ptr<T> first_argument_type;typedef weak_ptr<T> second_argument_type;bool operator()(weak_ptr<T> const&, weak_ptr<T> const&) const; bool operator()(shared_ptr<T> const&, weak_ptr<T> const&) const; bool operator()(weak_ptr<T> const&, shared_ptr<T> const&) const; }; }
Strike the last note in 20.9p5 [function.objects]:
5 [Note: To enable adaptors and other components to manipulate function objects that take one or two arguments many of the function objects in this clause correspondingly provide typedefs argument_type and result_type for function objects that take one argument and first_argument_type, second_argument_type, and result_type for function objects that take two arguments. — end note ]
Strike the definition of weak result type from 20.9.2:
20.9.2 Requirements [func.require]
- Define INVOKE (f, t1, t2, ..., tN) as follows:
- (t1.*f)(t2, ..., tN) when f is a pointer to a member function of a class T and t1 is an object of type T or a reference to an object of type T or a reference to an object of a type derived from T;
- ((*t1).*f)(t2, ..., tN) when f is a pointer to a member function of a class T and t1 is not one of the types described in the previous item;
- t1.*f when N == 1 and f is a pointer to member data of a class T and t1 is an object of type T or a reference to an object of type T or a reference to an object of a type derived from T;
- (*t1).*f when N == 1 and f is a pointer to member data of a class T and t1 is not one of the types described in the previous item;
- f(t1, t2, ..., tN) in all other cases.
- Define INVOKE (f, t1, t2, ..., tN, R) as static_cast<void>(INVOKE (f, t1, t2, ..., tN)) if R is cv void, otherwise INVOKE (f, t1, t2, ..., tN) implicitly converted to R.
If a call wrapper (20.9.1) has a weak result type the type of its member type result_type is based on the type T of the wrapper's target object (20.9.1):
if T is a pointer to function type, result_type shall be a synonym for the return type of T;if T is a pointer to member function, result_type shall be a synonym for the return type of T;if T is a class type and the qualified-id T::result_type is valid and denotes a type (14.8.2), then result_type shall be a synonym for T::result_type;otherwise result_type shall not be defined.- Every call wrapper (20.9.1) shall be MoveConstructible. A simple call wrapper is a call wrapper that is CopyConstructible and CopyAssignable and whose copy constructor, move constructor, and assignment operator do not throw exceptions. A forwarding call wrapper is a call wrapper that can be called with an arbitrary argument list and delivers the arguments to the wrapped callable object as references. This forwarding step shall ensure that rvalue arguments are delivered as rvalue references and lvalue arguments are delivered as lvalue references. [Note: In a typical implementation forwarding call wrappers have an overloaded function call operator of the form
— end note ]template<class... UnBoundArgs> R operator()(UnBoundArgs&&... unbound_args) cv-qual;
Simplify the definition of reference_wrapper:
20.9.4 Class template reference_wrapper [refwrap]
namespace std { template <class T> class reference_wrapper { public : // types typedef T type;typedef see below result_type; // not always definedtypedef see below argument_type; // not always definedtypedef see below first_argument_type; // not always definedtypedef see below second_argument_type; // not always defined// construct/copy/destroy reference_wrapper(T&) noexcept; reference_wrapper(T&&) = delete; // do not bind to temporary objects reference_wrapper(const reference_wrapper& x) noexcept; // assignment reference_wrapper& operator=(const reference_wrapper& x) noexcept; // access operator T& () const noexcept; T& get() const noexcept; // invocation template <class... ArgTypes> result_of_t<T&(ArgTypes&&...)> operator() (ArgTypes&&...) const; }; }1 reference_wrapper<T> is a CopyConstructible and CopyAssignable wrapper around a reference to an object or function of type T.
2 reference_wrapper<T> shall be a trivially copyable type (3.9).
3 reference_wrapper<T> has a weak result type (20.9.2). If T is a function type, result_type shall be a synonym for the return type of T.
4 The template specialization reference_wrapper<T> shall define a nested type named argument_type as a synonym for T1 only if the type T is any of the following:
(4.1) — a function type or a pointer to function type taking one argument of type T1
(4.2) — a pointer to member function R T0::f cv (where cv represents the member function's cv-qualifiers); the type T1 is cv T0*
(4.3) — a class type where the qualified-id T::argument_type is valid and denotes a type (14.8.2); the type T1 is T::argument_type.
5 The template instantiation reference_wrapper<T> shall define two nested types named first_argument_type and second_argument_type as synonyms for T1 and T2, respectively, only if the type T is any of the following:
(5.1) — a function type or a pointer to function type taking two arguments of types T1 and T2
(5.2) — a pointer to member function R T0::f(T2) cv (where cv represents the member function's cv-qualifiers); the type T1 is cv T0*
(5.3) — a class type where the qualified-ids T::first_argument_type and T::second_argument_type are both valid and both denote types (14.8.2); the type T1 is T::first_argument_type and the type T2 is T::second_argument_type.
Strike the result_type, argument_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs from 20.9.5 [arithmetic.operations].
20.9.5 Arithmetic operations [arithmetic.operations]
1 The library provides basic function object classes for all of the arithmetic operators in the language (5.6, 5.7).
template <class T = void> struct plus { constexpr T operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef T result_type;};2 operator() returns x + y.
template <class T = void> struct minus { constexpr T operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef T result_type;};3 operator() returns x - y.
template <class T = void> struct multiplies { constexpr T operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef T result_type;};4 operator() returns x * y.
template <class T = void> struct divides { constexpr T operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef T result_type;};5 operator() returns x / y.
template <class T = void> struct modulus { constexpr T operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef T result_type;};6 operator() returns x % y.
template <class T = void> struct negate { constexpr T operator()(const T& x) const;typedef T argument_type;typedef T result_type;};7 operator() returns -x.
Strike the result_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs from 20.9.6 [comparisons].
20.9.6 Comparisons [comparisons]
1 The library provides basic function object classes for all of the comparison operators in the language (5.9, 5.10).
template <class T = void> struct equal_to { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};2 operator() returns x == y.
template <class T = void> struct not_equal_to { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};3 operator() returns x != y.
template <class T = void> struct greater { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};4 operator() returns x > y.
template <class T = void> struct less { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};5 operator() returns x < y.
template <class T = void> struct greater_equal { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};6 operator() returns x >= y.
template <class T = void> struct less_equal { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};7 operator() returns x <= y.
Strike the result_type, argument_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs from 20.9.7 [logical.operations].
20.9.7 Logical operations [logical.operations]
1 The library provides basic function object classes for all of the logical operators in the language (5.14, 5.15, 5.3.1).
template <class T = void> struct logical_and { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};2 operator() returns x && y.
template <class T = void> struct logical_or { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};3 operator() returns x || y.
template <class T = void> struct logical_not { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x) const;typedef T argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};4 operator() returns !x.
Strike the result_type, argument_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs from 20.9.8 [bitwise.operations].
20.9.8 Bitwise operations [bitwise.operations]
1 The library provides basic function object classes for all of the bitwise operators in the language (5.11, 5.13, 5.12, 5.3.1).
template <class T = void> struct bit_and { constexpr T operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef T result_type;};2 operator() returns x & y.
template <class T = void> struct bit_or { constexpr T operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef T result_type;};3 operator() returns x | y.
template <class T = void> struct bit_xor { constexpr T operator()(const T& x, const T& y) const;typedef T first_argument_type;typedef T second_argument_type;typedef T result_type;};4 operator() returns x ^ y.
template <class T = void> struct bit_not { constexpr bool operator()(const T& x) const;typedef T argument_type;typedef T result_type;};5 operator() returns ~x.
Replace subclause 20.9.9 [negators] with a new subclause 20.9.9 [func.not_fn], copying everything from the Library Fundamentals 2 TS other than the struck-out note:
20.9.9 Negators [negators]
1 Negators not1 and not2 take a unary and a binary predicate, respectively, and return their complements (5.3.1).template <class Predicate>class unary_negate {public:constexpr explicit unary_negate(const Predicate& pred);constexpr bool operator()(const typename Predicate::argument_type& x) const;typedef typename Predicate::argument_type argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};
2 operator() returns !pred(x).template <class Predicate>constexpr unary_negate<Predicate> not1(const Predicate& pred);
3 Returns: unary_negate<Predicate>(pred).template <class Predicate>class binary_negate {public:constexpr explicit binary_negate(const Predicate& pred);constexpr bool operator()(const typename Predicate::first_argument_type& x,const typename Predicate::second_argument_type& y) const;typedef typename Predicate::first_argument_type first_argument_type;typedef typename Predicate::second_argument_type second_argument_type;typedef bool result_type;};
4 operator() returns !pred(x,y).template <class Predicate>constexpr binary_negate<Predicate> not2(const Predicate& pred);
5 Returns: binary_negate<Predicate>(pred).20.9.9 Function template not_fn [func.not_fn]
template <class F> unspecified not_fn(F&& f);1 In the text that follows:
- FD is the type decay_t<F>,
- fd is an lvalue of type FD constructed from std::forward<F>(f),
- fn is a forwarding call wrapper created as a result of not_fn(f),
2 Requires: is_constructible<FD, F>::value shall be true. fd shall be a callable object (§20.9.1).
3 Returns: A forwarding call wrapper fn such that the expression fn(a1, a2, ..., aN) is equivalent to !INVOKE(fd, a1, a2, ..., aN) (§20.9.2).
4 Throws: Nothing unless the construction of fd throws an exception.
5 Remarks: The return type shall satisfy the requirements of MoveConstructible. If FD satisfies the requirements of CopyConstructible, then the return type shall satisfy the requirements of CopyConstructible. [ Note: This implies that FD is MoveConstructible. — end note ]
[ Note: Function template not_fn can usually provide a better solution than using the negators not1 and not2 — end note ]
Remove the weak result type from the type returns from bind expressions in 20.9.10.3 [func.bind.bind]:
3 Returns: A forwarding call wrapper gwith a weak result type(20.9.2). The effect of g(u1, u2, ..., uM) shall be INVOKE(fd, std::forward<V1>(v1), std::forward<V2>(v2), ..., std::forward<VN>(vN), result_of_t<FD cv & (V1, V2, ..., VN)>), where cv represents the cv-qualifiers of g and the values and types of the bound arguments v1, v2, ..., vN are determined as specified below. The copy constructor and move constructor of the forwarding call wrapper shall throw an exception if and only if the corresponding constructor of FD or of any of the types TiD throws an exception.
Remove the result_type member from the type returned by bind expressions with user-specified return types in 20.9.10.3 [func.bind.bind]:
7 Returns: A forwarding call wrapper gwith a nested type result_type defined as a synonym for R. The effect of g(u1, u2, ..., uM) shall be INVOKE(fd, std::forward<V1>(v1), std::forward<V2>(v2), ..., std::forward<VN>(vN), R), where the values and types of the bound arguments v1, v2, ..., vN are determined as specified below. The copy constructor and move constructor of the forwarding call wrapper shall throw an exception if and only if the corresponding constructor of FD or of any of the types TiD throws an exception.
Strike the unnecessary typedefs from the unspecified return-type of mem_fn:
20.9.11 Function template mem_fn [func.memfn]
template<class R, class T> unspecified mem_fn(R T::* pm);1 Returns: A simple call wrapper (20.9.1) fn such that the expression fn(t, a2, ..., aN) is equivalent to INVOKE (pm, t, a2, ..., aN) (20.9.2).
fn shall have a nested type result_type that is a synonym for the return type of pm when pm is a pointer to member function.
2 The simple call wrapper shall define two nested types named argument_type and result_type as synonyms for cv T* and Ret, respectively, when pm is a pointer to member function with cv-qualifier cv and taking no arguments, where Ret is pm's return type.
3 The simple call wrapper shall define three nested types named first_argument_type, second_argument_type, and result_type as synonyms for cv T*, T1, and Ret, respectively, when pm is a pointer to member function with cv-qualifier cv and taking one argument of type T1, where Ret is pm's return type.4 Throws: Nothing.
Strike the relevant typedefs from the class definition of function:
20.9.12.2 Class template function [func.wrap.func]
namespace std { template<class> class function; // undefined template<class R, class... ArgTypes> class function<R(ArgTypes...)> { public:typedef R result_type;typedef T1 argument_type; // only if sizeof...(ArgTypes) == 1 and// the type in ArgTypes is T1typedef T1 first_argument_type; // only if sizeof...(ArgTypes) == 2 and// ArgTypes contains T1 and T2typedef T2 second_argument_type; // only if sizeof...(ArgTypes) == 2 and// ArgTypes contains T1 and T2// further details elided... };
Strike bullet (1.3), on the definition of standard hash functors:
20.9.13 Class template hash [unord.hash]
1 The unordered associative containers defined in 23.5 use specializations of the class template hash as the default hash function. For all object types Key for which there exists a specialization hash<Key>, and for all enumeration types (7.2) Key, the instantiation hash<Key> shall:
(1.1) — satisfy the Hash requirements (17.6.3.4), with Key as the function call argument type, the DefaultConstructible requirements (Table 19), the CopyAssignable requirements (Table 23),
(1.2) — be swappable (17.6.3.2) for lvalues,
(1.3) — provide two nested types result_type and argument_type which shall be synonyms for size_t and Key, respectively,(1.4) — satisfy the requirement that if k1 == k2 is true, h(k1) == h(k2) is also true, where h is an object of type hash<Key> and k1 and k2 are objects of type Key;
(1.5) — satisfy the requirement that the expression h(k), where h is an object of type hash<Key> and k is an object of type Key, shall not throw an exception unless hash<Key> is a user-defined specialization that depends on at least one user-defined type.
Strike the result_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs from the value_compare member-class of map in 23.4.4.1 [map.overview].
23.4.4 Class template map [map]
23.4.4.1 Class template map overview [map.overview]
namespace std { template <class Key, class T, class Compare = less<Key>, class Allocator = allocator<pair<const Key, T> > > class map { public: // types // details elided... class value_compare { friend class map; protected: Compare comp; value_compare(Compare c) : comp(c) {} public:typedef bool result_type;typedef value_type first_argument_type;typedef value_type second_argument_type;bool operator()(const value_type& x, const value_type& y) const { return comp(x.first, y.first); } }; // 23.4.4.2, construct/copy/destroy: // remaining details elided... }; }
Strike the result_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type typedefs from the value_compare member-class of multimap in 23.4.5.1 [multimap.overview].
23.4.5 Class template multimap [multimap]
23.4.5.1 Class template multimap overview [multimap.overview]
namespace std { template <class Key, class T, class Compare = less<Key>, class Allocator = allocator<pair<const Key, T> > > class multimap { public: // types // details elided... class value_compare { friend class map; protected: Compare comp; value_compare(Compare c) : comp(c) {} public:typedef bool result_type;typedef value_type first_argument_type;typedef value_type second_argument_type;bool operator()(const value_type& x, const value_type& y) const { return comp(x.first, y.first); } }; // 23.4.4.2, construct/copy/destroy: // remaining details elided... }; }
Add a new section under C.4 [diff.cpp14], between C.4.1 [diff.cpp14.lex] and C.4.2 [diff.cpp14.depr]:
C.4.x Clause 20: general utilities library [diff.cpp14.utilities]
Change: The typedefs result_type, argument_type, first_argument_type, and second_argument_type are not defined by function objects.
Rationale: Superseded by new features, including decltype and forwarding references.
Effect on original feature: Valid C++ 2014 code that uses these typedefs may fail to compile in this International Standard.
Change: The class templates unary_negate and binary_negate and the function templates not1 and not2 are not defined.
Rationale: Superseded by new features, including generic lambdas and the function template not_fn.
Effect on original feature: Valid C++ 2014 code that uses these class templates and function templates may fail to compile in this International Standard.
Optionally excise clause 3 from the Library Fundamentals 2 TS, as it is no longer required (section numbering per n4481).