Section 23.2.2 of the January 1996 WP defines the following:

      namespace std {
 template <class T, class Allocator = allocator>
 class deque {
 public:
 ...
   template <class Size, class T>
     void assign(Size n, const T& t = T());
 ...
      }

The inner parameter T shadows the outer T.  Notice the fragment around the "=".
To make any sense, the right-hand side T must be the outer T, but the
left-hand side must be the inner T.  Is this legal C++ or an error in the
specification of member assign?

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