GB-075 16.3.3.6 [freestanding.entity] "Freestanding entities" are not entities

[wg21bot]

The term "freestanding entity" refers to things that aren't entities.

It's confusing for "freestanding entities" to be two things (declarations and macro definitions), neither of which are entities. Declarations may declare entities, they are not entities themselves. Given this definition, p6/7/8 makes no sense. A namespace can't be a freestanding entity since it's neither a declaration nor a macro definition.

N.B. LWG 3753 already changed what's in the CD.

[JeffGarland]

As noted this will be resolved by LWG3753 which is tentatively ready and will be moved in Kona.

https://cplusplus.github.io/LWG/issue3753

[jwakely]

No 3753 does not solve the problem that "declarations and macro definitions" are not entities. It exacerbates it .

When we accepted lwg 3753 there were objections about this point, I suggested that we should accept the issue as a net improvement and there would be an NB comment to address the objections to the issue's resolution. That is this comment.

[JeffGarland]

@jwakely Thanks for the clarification -- we will discuss on Monday
@ben-craig take note

[JeffGarland]

LWG3753 is being reworded in Kona to improve and address.

[jensmaurer]

Accepted with modification. See LWG3753 for details.