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[expr.prim.id.unqual]/15 Could a variable be an object / reference?

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Start by comparing [expr.prim.id.unqual]/15 with the variable definition in [basic.pre]/7 and the linked wording. Determine whether the terms describe the entity introduced by the declaration or the declaration itself, then revise the sentence for consistent terminology. Done means the wording clearly distinguishes variables from the objects or references they introduce.

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Description

The variable / object distinction becomes confusing in [expr.prim.id.unqual]/15

An implicitly movable entity is a variable with automatic storage duration that is either a non-volatile object or an rvalue reference to a non-volatile object type.

How can a variable BE an object or reference? Isn't it just

... a variable with automatic storage duration that iswhose declaration declares either a non-volatile object or an rvalue reference to a non-volatile object type.

See [basic.pre]/7

A variable is introduced by the declaration D of

  • a reference other than a non-static data member or
  • an object,

where D is not the parameter-declaration of a template-parameter.

It's unclear whether the variable introduced by D is a reference or object, respectively, or these terms are distinct, associated with the same D only.

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