In Stack Overflow question Redefining lambdas not allowed in C++11, why?, a small program was given that does not compile:
int main() {
auto test = []{};
test = []{};
}
The question was answered and all seemed fine. Then came Johannes Schaub and made an interesting observation:
If you put a
+
before the first lambda, it magically starts to work.
So I’m curious: Why does the following work?
int main() {
auto test = +[]{}; // Note the unary operator + before the lambda
test = []{};
}
It compiles fine with both GCC 4.7+ and Clang 3.2+. Is the code standard conforming?