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<a href=https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/58173>58173</a>
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Block expressions accept default arguments, but those default arguments can never be used; no diagnostic issued
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new issue
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<th>Reporter</th>
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tahonermann
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<pre>
Block expressions are currently allowed to define default arguments. Unlike C++ lambda expressions, the closure type created for a block expression is immediately type erased. This makes it impossible for any defined default arguments to ever be used; even in an immediately invoked block expression. For example, using Clang 15 (https://godbolt.org/z/zrKfovKMj):
```
$ cat t.cpp
void f() {
^(int i = 1) { return i; }();
auto bp = ^(int i = 2) { return i; };
bp();
}
$ clang -c -fblocks t.cpp
t.cpp:2:30: error: too few arguments to block call, expected 1, have 0
^(int i = 1) { return i; }();
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^
t.cpp:4:6: error: too few arguments to block call, expected 1, have 0
bp();
~~ ^
2 errors generated.
```
The behavior illustrated above may be confusing, particularly for someone used to working with C++ lambda expressions; the code looks like it should "work".
Rather than silently accepting default arguments in block expressions, I think it would be best to diagnose them; preferably as an error, potentially one that can be reduced to a warning if there are backward compatibility concerns.
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