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# 22 General utilities library [[utilities]](./#utilities)

## 22.6 Variants [[variant]](variant#monostate)

### 22.6.8 Class monostate [variant.monostate]

[🔗](#lib:monostate_)

`struct monostate{};
`

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/utilities.tex#L6915)

The class monostate can serve as a first alternative type for
a variant to make the variant type default constructible[.](#1.sentence-1)