%!TEX root = std.tex \rSec0[module]{Modules}% \gramSec[gram.module]{Modules} \rSec1[module.unit]{Module units and purviews} \begin{bnf} \nontermdef{module-declaration}\br \opt{export-keyword} module-keyword module-name \opt{module-partition} \opt{attribute-specifier-seq} \terminal{;} \end{bnf} \begin{bnf} \nontermdef{module-name}\br \opt{module-name-qualifier} identifier \end{bnf} \begin{bnf} \nontermdef{module-partition}\br \terminal{:} \opt{module-name-qualifier} identifier \end{bnf} \begin{bnf} \nontermdef{module-name-qualifier}\br identifier \terminal{.}\br module-name-qualifier identifier \terminal{.} \end{bnf} \pnum A \defn{module unit} is a translation unit that contains a \grammarterm{module-declaration}. A \defnadj{named}{module} is the collection of module units with the same \grammarterm{module-name}. The identifiers \tcode{module} and \tcode{import} shall not appear as \grammarterm{identifier}{s} in a \grammarterm{module-name} or \grammarterm{module-partition}. \indextext{module!reserved name of}% All \grammarterm{module-name}{s} either beginning with an \grammarterm{identifier} consisting of \tcode{std} followed by zero or more \grammarterm{digit}{s} or containing a reserved identifier\iref{lex.name} are reserved and shall not be specified in a \grammarterm{module-declaration}; no diagnostic is required. If any \grammarterm{identifier} in a reserved \grammarterm{module-name} is a reserved identifier, the module name is reserved for use by \Cpp{} implementations; otherwise it is reserved for future standardization. The optional \grammarterm{attribute-specifier-seq} appertains to the \grammarterm{module-declaration}. \pnum A \defn{module interface unit} is a module unit whose \grammarterm{module-declaration} starts with \grammarterm{export-keyword}; any other module unit is a \defn{module implementation unit}. A named module shall contain exactly one module interface unit with no \grammarterm{module-partition}, known as the \defn{primary module interface unit} of the module; no diagnostic is required. \pnum A \defn{module partition} is a module unit whose \grammarterm{module-declaration} contains a \grammarterm{module-partition}. A named module shall not contain multiple module partitions with the same \grammarterm{module-partition}. All module partitions of a module that are module interface units shall be directly or indirectly exported by the primary module interface unit\iref{module.import}. No diagnostic is required for a violation of these rules. \begin{note} Module partitions can be imported only by other module units in the same module. The division of a module into module units is not visible outside the module. \end{note} \pnum \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#1} export module A; export import :Foo; export int baz(); \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#2} export module A:Foo; import :Internals; export int foo() { return 2 * (bar() + 1); } \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#3} module A:Internals; int bar(); \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#4} module A; import :Internals; int bar() { return baz() - 10; } int baz() { return 30; } \end{codeblocktu} Module \tcode{A} contains four translation units: \begin{itemize} \item a primary module interface unit, \item a module partition \tcode{A:Foo}, which is a module interface unit forming part of the interface of module \tcode{A}, \item a module partition \tcode{A:Internals}, which does not contribute to the external interface of module \tcode{A}, and \item a module implementation unit providing a definition of \tcode{bar} and \tcode{baz}, which cannot be imported because it does not have a partition name. \end{itemize} \end{example} \pnum A \defnadj{module unit}{purview} is the sequence of \grammarterm{token}{s} starting at the \grammarterm{module-declaration} and extending to the end of the translation unit. The \defnx{purview}{purview!named module} of a named module \tcode{M} is the set of module unit purviews of \tcode{M}'s module units. \pnum The \defnadj{global}{module} is the collection of all \grammarterm{global-module-fragment}{s} and all translation units that are not module units. Declarations appearing in such a context are said to be in the \defnx{purview}{purview!global module} of the global module. \begin{note} The global module has no name, no module interface unit, and is not introduced by any \grammarterm{module-declaration}. \end{note} \pnum A \defn{module} is either a named module or the global module. A declaration is \defnx{attached}{attached!declaration} to a module as follows: \begin{itemize} \item If the declaration is a non-dependent friend declaration that nominates a function with a \grammarterm{declarator-id} that is a \grammarterm{qualified-id} or \grammarterm{template-id} or that nominates a class other than with an \grammarterm{elaborated-type-specifier} with neither a \grammarterm{nested-name-specifier} nor a \grammarterm{simple-template-id}, it is attached to the module to which the friend is attached\iref{basic.link}. \item Otherwise, if the declaration \begin{itemize} \item declares a namespace whose name has external linkage, \item declares a type alias, \item declares a namespace alias, or \item appears within a \grammarterm{linkage-specification}\iref{dcl.link} \end{itemize} it is attached to the global module. \item Otherwise, the declaration is attached to the module in whose purview it appears. \end{itemize} \pnum A \grammarterm{module-declaration} that contains neither an \grammarterm{export-keyword} nor a \grammarterm{module-partition} implicitly imports the primary module interface unit of the module as if by a \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}. \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#1} module B:Y; // does not implicitly import \tcode{B} int y(); \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#2} export module B; import :Y; // OK, does not create interface dependency cycle int n = y(); \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#3} module B:X1; // does not implicitly import \tcode{B} int &a = n; // error: \tcode{n} not visible here \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#4} module B:X2; // does not implicitly import \tcode{B} import B; int &b = n; // OK \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#5} module B; // implicitly imports \tcode{B} int &c = n; // OK \end{codeblocktu} \end{example} \rSec1[module.interface]{Export declaration}% \begin{bnf} \nontermdef{export-declaration}\br \keyword{export} name-declaration\br \keyword{export} \terminal{\{} \opt{declaration-seq} \terminal{\}}\br export-keyword module-import-declaration \end{bnf} \pnum An \grammarterm{export-declaration} shall inhabit a namespace scope and appear in the purview of a module interface unit. An \grammarterm{export-declaration} shall not appear directly or indirectly within an unnamed namespace or a \grammarterm{private-module-fragment}. An \grammarterm{export-declaration} has the declarative effects of its \grammarterm{name-declaration}, \grammarterm{declaration-seq} (if any), or \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}. The \grammarterm{name-declaration} of an \grammarterm{export-declaration} shall not declare a partial specialization\iref{temp.decls.general}. The \grammarterm{declaration-seq} of an \grammarterm{export-declaration} shall not contain an \grammarterm{export-declaration} or \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}. \begin{note} An \grammarterm{export-declaration} does not establish a scope. \end{note} \pnum A declaration is \defnx{exported}{declaration!exported} if it is declared within an \grammarterm{export-declaration} and inhabits a namespace scope or it is \begin{itemize} \item a \grammarterm{namespace-definition} that contains an exported declaration, or \item a declaration within a header unit\iref{module.import} that introduces at least one name. \end{itemize} \pnum If an exported declaration is not within a header unit, it shall not declare a name with internal linkage. \pnum \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Source file \tcode{"a.h"}} export int x; \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#1} module; #include "a.h" // error: declaration of \tcode{x} is not in the // purview of a module interface unit export module M; export namespace {} // error: namespace has internal linkage namespace { export int a2; // error: export of name with internal linkage } export static int b; // error: b explicitly declared static export int f(); // OK export namespace N { } // OK export using namespace N; // OK \end{codeblocktu} \end{example} \pnum If an exported declaration is a \grammarterm{using-declaration}\iref{namespace.udecl} and is not within a header unit, all entities named by the \grammarterm{using-declarator}{s} (if any) shall either be a type alias or have been introduced with a name having external linkage. \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Source file \tcode{"b.h"}} int f(); \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Importable header \tcode{"c.h"}} int g(); \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#1} export module X; export int h(); \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#2} module; #include "b.h" export module M; import "c.h"; import X; export using ::f, ::g, ::h; // OK struct S; export using ::S; // error: \tcode{S} has module linkage namespace N { export int h(); static int h(int); // \#1 } export using N::h; // error: \#1 has internal linkage \end{codeblocktu} \end{example} \begin{note} The underlying entity of an exported type alias need not have a name with external linkage. \begin{example} \begin{codeblock} export module M; struct S; export using T = S; // OK, exports name \tcode{T} denoting type \tcode{S} \end{codeblock} \end{example} \end{note} \pnum A redeclaration of an entity $X$ is implicitly exported if $X$ was introduced by an exported declaration; otherwise it shall not be exported unless it is a type alias, a namespace, or a namespace alias. \begin{example} \begin{codeblock} export module M; struct S { int n; }; typedef S S; export typedef S S; // OK export struct S; // error: exported declaration follows non-exported declaration namespace N { // external linkage, attached to global module, not exported void f(); } namespace N { // OK, exported namespace redeclaring non-exported namespace export void g(); } \end{codeblock} \end{example} \pnum \begin{note} Names introduced by exported declarations have either external linkage or no linkage; see \ref{basic.link}. Namespace-scope declarations exported by a module can be found by name lookup in any translation unit importing that module\iref{basic.lookup}. Class and enumeration member names can be found by name lookup in any context in which a definition of the type is reachable. \end{note} \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Interface unit of \tcode{M}} export module M; export struct X { static void f(); struct Y { }; }; namespace { struct S { }; } export void f(S); // OK struct T { }; export T id(T); // OK export struct A; // \tcode{A} exported as incomplete export auto rootFinder(double a) { return [=](double x) { return (x + a/x)/2; }; } export const int n = 5; // OK, \tcode{n} has external linkage \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Implementation unit of \tcode{M}} module M; struct A { int value; }; \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Main program} import M; int main() { X::f(); // OK, \tcode{X} is exported and definition of \tcode{X} is reachable X::Y y; // OK, \tcode{X::Y} is exported as a complete type auto f = rootFinder(2); // OK return A{45}.value; // error: \tcode{A} is incomplete } \end{codeblocktu} \end{example} \pnum \begin{note} Declarations in an exported \grammarterm{namespace-definition} or in an exported \grammarterm{linkage-specification}\iref{dcl.link} are exported and subject to the rules of exported declarations. \begin{example} \begin{codeblock} export module M; int g; export namespace N { int x; // OK using ::g; // error: \tcode{::g} has module linkage } \end{codeblock} \end{example} \end{note} \rSec1[module.import]{Import declaration}% \begin{bnf} \nontermdef{module-import-declaration}\br import-keyword module-name \opt{attribute-specifier-seq} \terminal{;}\br import-keyword module-partition \opt{attribute-specifier-seq} \terminal{;}\br import-keyword header-name \opt{attribute-specifier-seq} \terminal{;} \end{bnf} \pnum A \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} shall inhabit the global namespace scope. In a module unit, all \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}{s} and \grammarterm{export-declaration}{s} exporting \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}{s} shall appear before all other \grammarterm{declaration}{s} in the \grammarterm{declaration-seq} of the \grammarterm{translation-unit} and of the \grammarterm{private-module-fragment} (if any). The optional \grammarterm{attribute-specifier-seq} appertains to the \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}. \pnum A \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} \defnx{imports}{import} a set of translation units determined as described below. \begin{note} Namespace-scope declarations exported by the imported translation units can be found by name lookup\iref{basic.lookup} in the importing translation unit and declarations within the imported translation units become reachable\iref{module.reach} in the importing translation unit after the import declaration. \end{note} \pnum A \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} that specifies a \grammarterm{module-name} \tcode{M} imports all module interface units of \tcode{M}. \pnum A \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} that specifies a \grammarterm{module-partition} shall only appear after the \grammarterm{module-declaration} in a module unit of some module \tcode{M}. Such a declaration imports the so-named module partition of \tcode{M}. \pnum A \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} that specifies a \grammarterm{header-name} \tcode{H} imports a synthesized \defn{header unit}, which is a translation unit formed by applying phases 1 to 7 of translation\iref{lex.phases} to the source file or header nominated by \tcode{H}, which shall not contain a \grammarterm{module-declaration}. \begin{note} A header unit is a separate translation unit with an independent set of defined macros. All declarations within a header unit are implicitly exported\iref{module.interface}, and are attached to the global module\iref{module.unit}. \end{note} An \defnadj{importable}{header} is a member of an \impldef{how the set of importable headers is determined} set of headers that includes all importable \Cpp{} library headers\iref{headers}. \tcode{H} shall identify an importable header. Given two such \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}{s}: \begin{itemize} \item if their \grammarterm{header-name}{s} identify different headers or source files\iref{cpp.include}, they import distinct header units; \item otherwise, if they appear in the same translation unit, they import the same header unit; \item otherwise, it is unspecified whether they import the same header unit. \begin{note} It is therefore possible that multiple copies exist of entities declared with internal linkage in an importable header. \end{note} \end{itemize} \begin{note} A \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} nominating a \grammarterm{header-name} is also recognized by the preprocessor, and results in macros defined at the end of phase 4 of translation of the header unit being made visible as described in \ref{cpp.import}. Any other \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} does not make macros visible. \end{note} \pnum A declaration of a name with internal linkage is permitted within a header unit despite all declarations being implicitly exported\iref{module.interface}. \begin{note} A definition that appears in multiple translation units cannot in general refer to such names\iref{basic.def.odr}. \end{note} A header unit shall not contain a definition of a non-inline function or variable whose name has external linkage. \pnum When a \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} imports a translation unit $T$, it also imports all translation units imported by exported \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}{s} in $T$; such translation units are said to be \defnx{exported}{module!exported} by $T$. Additionally, when a \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} in a module unit of some module $M$ imports another module unit $U$ of $M$, it also imports all translation units imported by non-exported \grammarterm{module-import-declaration}{s} in the module unit purview of $U$. \begin{footnote} This is consistent with the lookup rules for imported names\iref{basic.lookup}. \end{footnote} These rules can in turn lead to the importation of yet more translation units. \begin{note} Such indirect importation does not make macros available, because a translation unit is a sequence of tokens in translation phase 7\iref{lex.phases}. Macros can be made available by directly importing header units as described in \ref{cpp.import}. \end{note} \pnum A module implementation unit shall not be exported. \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#1} module M:Part; \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#2} export module M; export import :Part; // error: exported partition \tcode{:Part} is an implementation unit \end{codeblocktu} \end{example} \pnum A module implementation unit of a module \tcode{M} that is not a module partition shall not contain a \grammarterm{module-import-declaration} nominating \tcode{M}. \begin{example} \begin{codeblock} module M; import M; // error: cannot import \tcode{M} in its own unit \end{codeblock} \end{example} \pnum A translation unit has an \defn{interface dependency} on a translation unit \tcode{U} if it contains a declaration (possibly a \grammarterm{module-declaration}) that imports \tcode{U} or if it has an interface dependency on a translation unit that has an interface dependency on \tcode{U}. A translation unit shall not have an interface dependency on itself. \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Interface unit of \tcode{M1}} export module M1; import M2; \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Interface unit of \tcode{M2}} export module M2; import M3; \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Interface unit of \tcode{M3}} export module M3; import M1; // error: cyclic interface dependency $\mathtt{M3} \rightarrow \mathtt{M1} \rightarrow \mathtt{M2} \rightarrow \mathtt{M3}$ \end{codeblocktu} \end{example} \rSec1[module.global.frag]{Global module fragment} \begin{bnf} \nontermdef{global-module-fragment}\br module-keyword \terminal{;} \opt{declaration-seq} \end{bnf} \pnum \begin{note} Prior to phase 4 of translation, only preprocessing directives can appear in the \grammarterm{declaration-seq}\iref{cpp.pre}. \end{note} \pnum A \grammarterm{global-module-fragment} specifies the contents of the \defn{global module fragment} for a module unit. The global module fragment can be used to provide declarations that are attached to the global module and usable within the module unit. \pnum A declaration $D$ is \defn{decl-reachable} from a declaration $S$ in the same translation unit if \begin{itemize} \item $D$ does not declare a function or function template and $S$ contains an \grammarterm{id-expression}, \grammarterm{namespace-name}, \grammarterm{type-name}, \grammarterm{template-name}, or \grammarterm{concept-name} naming $D$, or \item $D$ declares a function or function template that is named by an expression\iref{basic.def.odr} appearing in $S$, or \item $S$ contains a dependent call \tcode{E}\iref{temp.dep} and $D$ is found by any name lookup performed for an expression synthesized from \tcode{E} by replacing each type-dependent argument or operand with a value of a placeholder type with no associated namespaces or entities, or \begin{note} This includes the lookup for \tcode{\keyword{operator}==} performed when considering rewriting an \tcode{!=} expression, the lookup for \tcode{\keyword{operator}<=>} performed when considering rewriting a relational comparison, and the lookup for \tcode{\keyword{operator}!=} when considering whether an \tcode{\keyword{operator}==} is a rewrite target. \end{note} \item $S$ contains an expression that takes the address of an overload set\iref{over.over} that contains $D$ and for which the target type is dependent, or \item there exists a declaration $M$ that is not a \grammarterm{namespace-definition} for which $M$ is decl-reachable from $S$ and either \begin{itemize} \item $D$ is decl-reachable from $M$, or \item $D$ and $M$ declare the same entity, and $D$ neither is a friend declaration nor inhabits a block scope, or \item $D$ declares a namespace $N$ and $M$ is a member of $N$, or \item one of $D$ and $M$ declares a class or class template $C$ and the other declares a member or friend of $C$, or \item one of $D$ and $M$ declares an enumeration $E$ and the other declares an enumerator of $E$, or \item $D$ declares a function or variable and $M$ is declared in $D$, \begin{footnote} A declaration can appear within a \grammarterm{lambda-expression} in the initializer of a variable. \end{footnote} or \item one of $D$ and $M$ declares a template and the other declares a partial or explicit specialization or an implicit or explicit instantiation of that template, or \item $M$ declares a class template and $D$ is a deduction guide for that template, or \item one of $D$ and $M$ declares a class or enumeration type and the other introduces a typedef name for linkage purposes for that type. \end{itemize} \end{itemize} In this determination, it is unspecified \begin{itemize} \item whether a reference to an \grammarterm{alias-declaration}, \tcode{typedef} declaration, \grammarterm{using-declaration}, or \grammarterm{namespace-alias-definition} is replaced by the declarations they name prior to this determination, \item whether a \grammarterm{simple-template-id} that does not denote a dependent type and whose \grammarterm{template-name} names an alias template is replaced by its denoted type prior to this determination, \item whether a \grammarterm{decltype-specifier} that does not denote a dependent type is replaced by its denoted type prior to this determination, \item whether a non-value-dependent constant expression is replaced by the result of constant evaluation prior to this determination, and \item whether a \grammarterm{splice-expression}, a \grammarterm{splice-type-specifier}, a \grammarterm{splice-scope-specifier}, or any \grammarterm{splice-specifier} or \grammarterm{splice-specialization-specifier} outside of the preceding is replaced in any non-dependent context by the construct that it designates prior to this determination. \end{itemize} \pnum A declaration \tcode{D} in a global module fragment of a module unit is \defnx{discarded}{discarded!declaration} if \tcode{D} is not decl-reachable from any \grammarterm{declaration} in the \grammarterm{declaration-seq} of the \grammarterm{translation-unit}. \begin{note} A discarded declaration is neither reachable nor visible to name lookup outside the module unit, nor in template instantiations whose points of instantiation\iref{temp.point} are outside the module unit, even when the instantiation context\iref{module.context} includes the module unit. \end{note} \pnum \begin{example} \begin{codeblock} const int size = 2; int ary1[size]; // unspecified whether \tcode{size} is decl-reachable from \tcode{ary1} constexpr int identity(int x) { return x; } int ary2[identity(2)]; // unspecified whether \tcode{identity} is decl-reachable from \tcode{ary2} template struct S; template struct S2; constexpr int g(int); template S> f(); // \tcode{S}, \tcode{S2}, \tcode{g}, and \tcode{::} are decl-reachable from \tcode{f} template void h() noexcept(g(N) == N); // \tcode{g} and \tcode{::} are decl-reachable from \tcode{h} \end{codeblock} \end{example} \pnum \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Source file \tcode{"foo.h"}} namespace N { struct X {}; int d(); int e(); inline int f(X, int = d()) { return e(); } int g(X); int h(X); } \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Module \tcode{M} interface} module; #include "foo.h" export module M; template int use_f() { N::X x; // \tcode{N::X}, \tcode{N}, and \tcode{::} are decl-reachable from \tcode{use_f} return f(x, 123); // \tcode{N::f} is decl-reachable from \tcode{use_f}, // \tcode{N::e} is indirectly decl-reachable from \tcode{use_f} // because it is decl-reachable from \tcode{N::f}, and // \tcode{N::d} is decl-reachable from \tcode{use_f} // because it is decl-reachable from \tcode{N::f} // even though it is not used in this call } template int use_g() { N::X x; // \tcode{N::X}, \tcode{N}, and \tcode{::} are decl-reachable from \tcode{use_g} return g((T(), x)); // \tcode{N::g} is not decl-reachable from \tcode{use_g} } template int use_h() { N::X x; // \tcode{N::X}, \tcode{N}, and \tcode{::} are decl-reachable from \tcode{use_h} return h((T(), x)); // \tcode{N::h} is not decl-reachable from \tcode{use_h}, but // \tcode{N::h} is decl-reachable from \tcode{use_h} } int k = use_h(); // \tcode{use_h} is decl-reachable from \tcode{k}, so // \tcode{N::h} is decl-reachable from \tcode{k} \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Module \tcode{M} implementation} module M; int a = use_f(); // OK int b = use_g(); // error: no viable function for call to \tcode{g}; // \tcode{g} is not decl-reachable from purview of // module \tcode{M}{'s} interface, so is discarded int c = use_h(); // OK \end{codeblocktu} \end{example} \rSec1[module.private.frag]{Private module fragment} \begin{bnf} \nontermdef{private-module-fragment}\br module-keyword \terminal{:} \keyword{private} \terminal{;} \opt{declaration-seq} \end{bnf} \pnum A \grammarterm{private-module-fragment} shall appear only in a primary module interface unit\iref{module.unit}. A module unit with a \grammarterm{private-module-fragment} shall be the only module unit of its module; no diagnostic is required. \pnum \begin{note} A \grammarterm{private-module-fragment} ends the portion of the module interface unit that can affect the behavior of other translation units. A \grammarterm{private-module-fragment} allows a module to be represented as a single translation unit without making all of the contents of the module reachable to importers. The presence of a \grammarterm{private-module-fragment} affects: \begin{itemize} \item the point by which the definition of an inline function or variable is required\iref{dcl.inline}, \item the point by which the definition of an exported function with a placeholder return type is required\iref{dcl.spec.auto}, \item whether a declaration is required not to be an exposure\iref{basic.link}, \item where definitions for inline functions and templates must appear\iref{basic.def.odr,dcl.inline,temp.pre}, \item the instantiation contexts of templates instantiated before it\iref{module.context}, and \item the reachability of declarations within it\iref{module.reach}. \end{itemize} \end{note} \pnum \begin{example} \begin{codeblock} export module A; export inline void fn_e(); // error: exported inline function \tcode{fn_e} not defined // before private module fragment inline void fn_m(); // error: non-exported inline function \tcode{fn_m} not defined static void fn_s(); export struct X; export void g(X *x) { fn_s(); // OK, call to static function in same translation unit } export X *factory(); // OK module :private; struct X {}; // definition not reachable from importers of \tcode{A} X *factory() { return new X (); } void fn_e() {} void fn_m() {} void fn_s() {} \end{codeblock} \end{example} \rSec1[module.context]{Instantiation context} \pnum The \defn{instantiation context} is a set of points within the program that determines which declarations are found by argument-dependent name lookup\iref{basic.lookup.argdep} and which are reachable\iref{module.reach} in the context of a particular declaration or template instantiation. \pnum During the implicit definition of a defaulted function\iref{special,class.compare.default}, the instantiation context contains each point in the instantiation context from the definition of the class and each point in the instantiation context of the program construct that resulted in the implicit definition of the defaulted function. \pnum During the implicit instantiation of a template whose point of instantiation is specified as that of an enclosing specialization\iref{temp.point}, the instantiation context contains each point in the instantiation context of the enclosing specialization and, if the template is defined in a module interface unit of a module $M$ and the point of instantiation is not in a module interface unit of $M$, the point at the end of the \grammarterm{declaration-seq} of the primary module interface unit of $M$ (prior to the \grammarterm{private-module-fragment}, if any). \pnum During the implicit instantiation of a template that is implicitly instantiated because it is referenced from within the implicit definition of a defaulted function, the instantiation context contains each point in the instantiation context of the defaulted function. \pnum During the instantiation of any other template specialization, the instantiation context contains the point of instantiation of the template. \pnum During the implicit instantiation of any construct that resulted from the evaluation of an expression as a core constant expression, the instantiation context contains each point in the evaluation context\iref{expr.const}. \begin{note} Implicit instantiations can result from invocations of library functions\iref{meta.reflection}. The evaluation context can include synthesized points associated with injected declarations produced by \tcode{std::meta::define_aggregate}\iref{meta.reflection.define.aggregate}. \end{note} \pnum In any other case, the instantiation context at a point within the program contains that point. \pnum The instantiation context contains only the points specified above. \pnum \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#1} export module stuff; export template void foo(T, U u) { auto v = u; } export template void bar(T, U u) { auto v = *u; } \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#2} export module M1; import "defn.h"; // provides \tcode{struct X \{\};} import stuff; export template void f(T t) { X x; foo(t, x); } \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#3} export module M2; import "decl.h"; // provides \tcode{struct X;} (not a definition) import stuff; export template void g(T t) { X *x; bar(t, x); } \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#4} import M1; import M2; void test() { f(0); g(0); } \end{codeblocktu} The call to \tcode{f(0)} is valid; the instantiation context of \tcode{foo} comprises \begin{itemize} \item the point at the end of translation unit \#1, \item the point at the end of translation unit \#2, and \item the point of the call to \tcode{f(0)}, \end{itemize} so the definition of \tcode{X} is reachable\iref{module.reach}. It is unspecified whether the call to \tcode{g(0)} is valid: the instantiation context of \tcode{bar} comprises \begin{itemize} \item the point at the end of translation unit \#1, \item the point at the end of translation unit \#3, and \item the point of the call to \tcode{g(0)}, \end{itemize} so the definition of \tcode{X} need not be reachable, as described in \ref{module.reach}. \end{example} \rSec1[module.reach]{Reachability} \indextext{necessarily reachable|see{reachable, necessarily}} \pnum A translation unit $U$ is \defnx{necessarily reachable}{reachable!necessarily!translation unit} from a point $P$ if $U$ is a module interface unit on which the translation unit containing $P$ has an interface dependency, or the translation unit containing $P$ imports $U$, in either case prior to $P$\iref{module.import}. \begin{note} While module interface units are reachable even when they are only transitively imported via a non-exported import declaration, namespace-scope names from such module interface units are not found by name lookup\iref{basic.lookup}. \end{note} \pnum All translation units that are necessarily reachable are \defnx{reachable}{reachable!translation unit}. Additional translation units on which the point within the program has an interface dependency may be considered reachable, but it is unspecified which are and under what circumstances. \begin{footnote} Implementations are therefore not required to prevent the semantic effects of additional translation units involved in the compilation from being observed. \end{footnote} \begin{note} It is advisable to avoid depending on the reachability of any additional translation units in programs intending to be portable. \end{note} \pnum A declaration $D$ is \defnx{reachable from}{reachable from!declaration} a point $P$ if \begin{itemize} \item $P$ is a non-synthesized point and \begin{itemize} \item $D$ appears prior to $P$ in the same translation unit, or \item $D$ is not discarded\iref{module.global.frag}, appears in a translation unit that is reachable from $P$, and does not appear within a \grammarterm{private-module-fragment}; or \end{itemize} \item $D$ is the injected declaration for which $P$ is the corresponding synthesized point. \end{itemize} \begin{example} \begin{codeblock} class Incomplete; consteval { int n = nonstatic_data_members_of( define_aggregate(^^Incomplete, {data_member_spec(^^int, {.name="x"})}), std::meta::access_context::current() ).size(); Incomplete y; // error: type of \tcode{y} is incomplete } /* P */ \end{codeblock} The value of \tcode{n} is 1. The member \tcode{Incomplete::x} members-of-precedes\iref{meta.reflection.member.queries} the synthesized point P associated with the injected declaration produced by the call to \tcode{define_aggregate}. \end{example} \pnum A declaration is \defnx{reachable}{reachable!declaration} if it is reachable from any point in the instantiation context\iref{module.context}. \begin{note} Whether a declaration is exported has no bearing on whether it is reachable. \end{note} \pnum The accumulated properties of all reachable declarations of an entity within a context determine the behavior of the entity within that context. \begin{note} These reachable semantic properties include type completeness, type definitions, initializers, default arguments of functions or template declarations, attributes, names bound, etc. Since default arguments are evaluated in the context of the call expression, the reachable semantic properties of the corresponding parameter types apply in that context. \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#1} export module M:A; export struct B; \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#2} module M:B; struct B { operator int(); }; \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#3} module M:C; import :A; B b1; // error: no reachable definition of \tcode{struct B} \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#4} export module M; export import :A; import :B; B b2; export void f(B b = B()); \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#5} import M; B b3; // error: no reachable definition of \tcode{struct B} void g() { f(); } // error: no reachable definition of \tcode{struct B} \end{codeblocktu} \end{example} \end{note} \pnum \begin{note} Declarations of an entity can be reachable even where they cannot be found by name lookup. \end{note} \begin{example} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#1} export module A; struct X {}; export using Y = X; \end{codeblocktu} \begin{codeblocktu}{Translation unit \#2} import A; Y y; // OK, definition of \tcode{X} is reachable X x; // error: \tcode{X} not visible to unqualified lookup \end{codeblocktu} \end{example}