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### 2051. Explicit `tuple` constructors for more than one parameter

Section: 22.4.4 [tuple.tuple], 22.4.4.1 [tuple.cnstr] Status: Resolved Submitter: Ville Voutilainen Opened: 2011-05-01 Last modified: 2016-01-28

Priority: 2

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Discussion:

One of my constituents wrote the following:

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So far the only use I've found for `std::tuple` is as an ad-hoc type to emulate multiple return values. If the tuple ctor was made non-explicit one could almost think C++ supported multiple return values especially when combined with `std::tie()`.

>     // assume types line_segment and point
>     // assume function double distance(point const&, point const&)

>     std::tuple<point, point>
>     closest_points(line_segment const& a, line_segment const& b) {
>      point ax;
>      point bx;
>      /* some math */

>      return {ax, bx};
>     }

>     double
>     distance(line_segment const& a, line_segment const& b) {
>      point ax;
>      point bx;
>      std::tie(ax, bx) = closest_points(a, b);

>      return distance(ax, bx);
>     }

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See also the messages starting from lib-29330.

Some notes:

1. `pair` allows such a return
2. a lambda with a deduced return type doesn't allow it for any type
3. `decltype` refuses `{1, 2}`

I would recommend making non-unary `tuple` constructors non-explicit.

[Bloomington, 2011]

Move to NAD Future, this would be an extension to existing functionality.

[Portland, 2012]

Move to Open at the request of the Evolution Working Group.

[Lenexa 2015-05-05]

VV: While in the area of tuples, LWG 2051 should have status of WP, it is resolved by Daniel's "improving pair and tuple" paper.

MC: status Resolved, by N4387

Proposed resolution:

Resolved by the adoption of N4387.