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Exploring C++ 11, Second Edition
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Exploring C++ 11, Second Edition

by Ray Lischner
December 2013
Beginner
656 pages
16h 42m
English
Apress
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EXPLORATION 40

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Declarations and Definitions

Exploration 20 introduced the distinction between declarations and definitions. This is a good time to remind you of the difference and to explore declarations and definitions of classes and their members.

Declaration vs. Definition

Recall that a declaration furnishes the compiler with the basic information it needs, so that you can use a name in a program. In particular, a function declaration tells the compiler about the function’s name, return type, parameter types, and modifiers, such as const and override.

A definition is a particular kind of declaration that also provides the full implementation ...

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