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### 2057. `time_point + duration` semantics should be made `constexpr` conforming

Section: 27.6.6 [time.point.nonmember] Status: Resolved Submitter: Daniel Krügler Opened: 2011-05-21 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: Not Prioritized

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Discussion:

It has been observed by LWG 2054 that the specification of some `time_point` member functions already imply that `time_point` needs to be a literal type and suggests to specify the constructors and the member function `time_since_epoch()` as `constexpr` functions at the minimum necessary. Adding further `constexpr` specifier to other operations should clearly be allowed and should probably be done as well. But to allow for further `constexpr` functions in the future requires that their semantics is compatible to operations allowed in `constexpr` functions. This is already fine for all operations, except this binary plus operator:

>     template <class Clock, class Duration1, class Rep2, class Period2>
>     time_point<Clock, typename common_type<Duration1, duration<Rep2, Period2>>::type>
>     operator+(const time_point<Clock, Duration1>& lhs, const duration<Rep2, Period2>& rhs);

> > -1- Returns: `CT(lhs) += rhs`, where `CT` is the type of the return value.

for similar reasons as those mentioned in 2020. The semantics should be fixed to allow for making them `constexpr`. This issue should also be considered as a placeholder for a request to make the remaining `time_point` operations similarly `constexpr` as had been done for `duration`.

[2012, Portland]

Resolved by adopting paper n3469.

Proposed resolution:

This wording is relative to the FDIS.

1. In 27.6.6 [time.point.nonmember], p.1 change the Returns element semantics as indicated:

   >     template <class Clock, class Duration1, class Rep2, class Period2>
   >     time_point<Clock, typename common_type<Duration1, duration<Rep2, Period2>>::type>
   >     operator+(const time_point<Clock, Duration1>& lhs, const duration<Rep2, Period2>& rhs);

   > > -1- Returns: `CT(lhs) += rhsCT(lhs.time_since_epoch() + rhs)`, where `CT` is the type of the return value.