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### 3035. `std::allocator`'s constructors should be `constexpr`

Section: 20.2.10 [default.allocator] Status: C++20 Submitter: Geoffrey Romer Opened: 2017-11-11 Last modified: 2021-02-25

Priority: 0

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Discussion:

`std::allocator`'s constructors should be `constexpr`. It's expected to be an empty class as far as I know, so this should impose no implementation burden, and it would be useful to permit guaranteed static initialization of objects that need to hold a `std::allocator`, but don't have to actually use it until after construction.

[ 2017-11-25 Moved to Tentatively Ready after 7 positive votes for P0 on c++std-lib. ]

[2018-3-17 Adopted in Jacksonville]

Proposed resolution:

This wording is relative to N4700.

1. Change in 20.2.10 [default.allocator] as indicated:

   >     namespace std {
   >       template <class T> class allocator {
   >       public:
   >         using value_type = T;
   >         using propagate_on_container_move_assignment = true_type;
   >         using is_always_equal = true_type;
   >         constexpr allocator() noexcept;
   >         constexpr allocator(const allocator&) noexcept;
   >         constexpr template <class U> allocator(const allocator<U>&) noexcept;
   >         ~allocator();
   >         T* allocate(size_t n);
   >         void deallocate(T* p, size_t n);
   >       };
   >     }