Update C2993

docs/error-messages/compiler-errors-2/compiler-error-c2993.md

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 description: "Learn more about: Compiler Error C2993"
 title: "Compiler Error C2993"
-ms.date: "11/04/2016"
+ms.date: "10/03/2023"
 f1_keywords: ["C2993"]
 helpviewer_keywords: ["C2993"]
-ms.assetid: 4ffd2b78-654b-46aa-95a6-b62101cf91c8
 ---
 # Compiler Error C2993
 
 'identifier' : illegal type for non-type template parameter 'parameter'
 
-You cannot declare a template with a structure or union argument. Use pointers to pass structures and unions as template parameters.
+- Prior to C++20, you cannot declare a template with a structure, class, or union argument. Pointers can be used in place of these types as template parameters.
+- Since C++20, structure, class, or unions *can* be used as non-type template parameters. A non-type template parameter can't be a rvalue reference type or a parameter pack of rvalue types.
 
 The following sample generates C2993:
 
 ```cpp
-// C2993.cpp
-// compile with: /c
-// C2993 expected
-struct MyStruct {
-   int a;char b;
-};
-
-template <class T, struct MyStruct S>   // C2993
-
-// try the following line instead
-// template <class T, struct MyStruct * S>
-class CMyClass {};
+// compile with: /c and /std:c++17
+template <int&& I>   // C2993
+struct S1 {};
+
+template <int&&... Is>   // C2993
+struct S2 {};
+```
+
+Before MSVC 19.26, the following code emitted C2993. It now emits C7582:
+
+```cpp
+// compile with: /c /std:c++17
+struct MyStruct {};
+
+template <class T, MyStruct S>   // Was C2993 prior to MSVC 19.26. Now emits C7582.
+class MyClass1 {};
+
+template <class T, MyStruct* S>   // OK
+class MyClass2 {};
 ```
 
-This error will also be generated as a result of compiler conformance work that was done in Visual Studio .NET 2003: floating point non-type template parameters no longer allowed. The C++ standard does not allow floating point non-type template parameters.
+With C++17 and earlier, you can't have floating point non-type template parameters. Since C++20, floating point non-type template parameters are allowed. Use a function argument to pass the floating point non-type template parameter to function templates.
 
-If it is a function template, use a function argument to pass in the floating point non-type template parameter (this code will be valid in the Visual Studio .NET 2003 and Visual Studio .NET versions of Visual C++). If it is a class template, there is no easy workaround.
+Before MSVC 19.26, the following code emitted C2993. It now emits C7582:
 
 ```cpp
 // C2993b.cpp
-// compile with: /c
-template<class T, float f> void func(T) {}   // C2993
+// compile with: /c /std:c++17
+template<class T, float F>   // Was C2993 prior to MSVC 19.26. Now emits C7592
+void func1(T t) {}
 
-// OK
-template<class T>   void func2(T, float) {}
+template<class T>   // OK
+void func2(T t, float F) {}
 ```