CWG718 Non-class, non-function friend declarations

[jensmaurer]

This is an extension suggestion for "friend".

See CWG718 for details.

EWG, please have a look.

[raidenluikang]

Why complicate the language!

This feature no one uses anyway. Vice-versa, it open a door to the insecure coding.

[tahonermann]

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[erichkeane]

EWG discussed this during the May 11th, 2023 telecon, and the following poll was taken:

For CWG718, EWG would like to see a paper exploring extending 'friend' to non-class non-function declarations.

SF	F	N	A	SA
0	3	9	2	0

Result: Not Consensus

After discussion with the CWG chair, it was determined that this is sufficiently evolutionary that it would require a paper for a change, however the room was not sufficiently motivated by the issue, so any such paper will require extensive motivation.