c++ 11更新

由于我没有看到与c++ 11相关的答案，这里有一个。

声明是定义，除非声明了/n:

opaque enum - enum X: int; 模板参数-模板参数- MyArray 参数声明- x和y在int add(int x, int y); 别名声明-使用IntVector = std::vector<int>; - static_assert(sizeof(int) == 4， "Yikes!") 属性声明(实现定义的) 空声明;

以上列表从c++ 03继承的附加子句:

函数声明- add in int add(int x, int y); Extern说明符包含声明或链接说明符- Extern int a;或extern "C"{…}; 类中的静态数据成员-类C中的x{静态int x;}; 类/struct声明- struct Point; typedef int int; 使用声明-使用std::cout; 使用命名空间NS;

模板声明是一种声明。如果模板声明定义了函数、类或静态数据成员，那么模板声明也是定义。

以下例子来自于区分声明和定义的标准，我发现这些例子有助于理解它们之间的细微差别:

// except one all these are definitions
int a;                                  // defines a
extern const int c = 1;                 // defines c
int f(int x) { return x + a; }          // defines f and defines x
struct S { int a; int b; };             // defines S, S::a, and S::b
struct X {                              // defines X
    int x;                              // defines non-static data member x
    static int y;                       // DECLARES static data member y
    X(): x(0) { }                       // defines a constructor of X
};
int X::y = 1;                           // defines X::y
enum { up , down };                     // defines up and down
namespace N { int d; }                  // defines N and N::d
namespace N1 = N;                       // defines N1
X anX;                                  // defines anX


// all these are declarations
extern int a;                           // declares a
extern const int c;                     // declares c
int f(int);                             // declares f
struct S;                               // declares S
typedef int Int;                        // declares Int
extern X anotherX;                      // declares anotherX
using N::d;                             // declares N::d


// specific to C++11 - these are not from the standard
enum X : int;                           // declares X with int as the underlying type
using IntVector = std::vector<int>;     // declares IntVector as an alias to std::vector<int>
static_assert(X::y == 1, "Oops!");      // declares a static_assert which can render the program ill-formed or have no effect like an empty declaration, depending on the result of expr
template <class T> class C;             // declares template class C
;                                       // declares nothing

我最喜欢的例子是int Num = 5这里你的变量是1。定义为int 2。声明为Num和3。实例化值为5。我们

定义对象的类型，可以是内置的，也可以是类或结构。 声明一个对象的名字，这样任何有名字的东西都被声明了，包括变量、函数等。

类或结构允许您在以后使用时更改对象的定义方式。例如

可以声明没有特别定义的异构变量或数组。 在c++中使用偏移量可以定义一个没有声明名称的对象。

当我们学习编程时，这两个术语经常被混淆，因为我们经常同时做这两个。

为了理解声明和定义之间的区别，我们需要查看程序集代码:

uint8_t   ui8 = 5;  |   movb    $0x5,-0x45(%rbp)
int         i = 5;  |   movl    $0x5,-0x3c(%rbp)
uint32_t ui32 = 5;  |   movl    $0x5,-0x38(%rbp)
uint64_t ui64 = 5;  |   movq    $0x5,-0x10(%rbp)
double   doub = 5;  |   movsd   0x328(%rip),%xmm0        # 0x400a20
                        movsd   %xmm0,-0x8(%rbp)

这只是定义:

ui8 = 5;   |   movb    $0x5,-0x45(%rbp)
i = 5;     |   movl    $0x5,-0x3c(%rbp)
ui32 = 5;  |   movl    $0x5,-0x38(%rbp)
ui64 = 5;  |   movq    $0x5,-0x10(%rbp)
doub = 5;  |   movsd   0x328(%rip),%xmm0        # 0x400a20
               movsd   %xmm0,-0x8(%rbp)

正如你所看到的，没有任何变化。

声明与定义不同，因为声明提供的信息仅供编译器使用。例如uint8_t告诉编译器使用asm函数movb。

看到:

uint def;                  |  no instructions
printf("some stuff...");   |  [...] callq   0x400450 <printf@plt>
def=5;                     |  movb    $0x5,-0x45(%rbp)

声明没有等价的指令，因为它不是要执行的东西。

此外，声明告诉编译器变量的作用域。

我们可以说，声明是编译器用来确定正确使用变量的信息，以及某些内存属于某个变量多长时间。

声明向编译器提供了一个符号名。定义是为符号分配空间的声明。

int f(int x); // function declaration (I know f exists)

int f(int x) { return 2*x; } // declaration and definition

声明说"这个东西存在于某个地方"

int sampleFunc(); // function
extern int car;  // variable

定义说，这个东西存在于这里;为它留下记忆"

int sampleFunc() {} // function
int car; // variable

在定义对象时，初始化是可选的，并表示“这是这个东西的初始值”:

int car = 0; // variable

《K&R》(第二版)中有一些非常明确的定义;这有助于把它们放在一个地方，并作为一个整体来阅读:

"Definition" refers to the place where the variable is created or assigned storage; "declaration" refers to the places where the nature of the variable is stated but no storage is allocated. [p. 33] ... It is important to distinguish between the declaration of an external variable and its definition. A declaration announces the properties of a variable (primarily its type); a definition also causes storage to be set aside. If the lines int sp; double val[MAXVAL] appear outside of any function, they define the external variables sp and val, cause storage to be set aside, and also serve as the declaration for the rest of that source file. On the other hand, the lines extern int sp; extern double val[]; declare for the rest of the source file that sp is an int and that val is a double array (whose size is determined elsewhere), but they do not create the variables or reserve storage for them. There must be only one definition of an external variable among all the files that make up the source program. ... Array sizes must be specified with the definition, but are optional with an extern declaration. [pp. 80-81] ... Declarations specify the interpretation given to each identifier; they do not necessarily reserve storage associated with the identifier. Declarations that reserve storage are called definitions. [p. 210]