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### 3045. `atomic<floating-point>` doesn't have `value_type` or `difference_type`

Section: 33.5.8.4 [atomics.types.float] Status: C++20 Submitter: Tim Song Opened: 2017-12-11 Last modified: 2021-02-25

Priority: 0

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Discussion:

The `atomic<floating-point>` specialization doesn't have the `value_type` and `difference_type` member typedefs, making it unusable with most of the nonmember function templates. This doesn't seem to be the intent.

[ 2018-01-09 Moved to Tentatively Ready after 6 positive votes on c++std-lib. ]

[2018-3-17 Adopted in Jacksonville]

Proposed resolution:

This wording is relative to N4713.

1. Edit 33.5.8.4 [atomics.types.float] after p1, class template specialization `atomic<floating-point>` synopsis, as indicated:

         namespace std {
           template<> struct atomic<floating-point> {
             using value_type = floating-point;
             using difference_type = value_type;
             static constexpr bool is_always_lock_free = implementation-defined;
             […]
           };
         }