
156 C++ Declarations
(15) The scope access (or resolution) opera-
tor :: (two colons) allows a programmer
to access a global (or file duration) name
even if it is hidden by a local re-declara-
tion of that name.
(16) The new operator creates an object and
delete destroys the object. These op-
erators are easy in writing as compared
to malloc() and calloc().
(17) C++ reference types, declared with &
operator, are nearly identical but not ex-
actly the same as the pointer types. They
declare aliases for object variables and
allow the programmer to pass arguments
by reference to functions.
(18) In C++, a symbol // (double slash) ...