Talk:Declaration (computer programming)

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The code examples are interchanged, aren't they?

—– 195.14.207.180 11:05, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. I'll change them. Hopefully my change won't be regarded as vandalism (like the last attemt to change it was, back on 11 May). --Rhebus 11:52, 18 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

initialization

Initialization = definition? --Abdull (talk) 19:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No. For variables, reserving memory = definition, initialization = initialization. The article is misleading. 81.131.65.15 (talk) 12:18, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Declarations don't necessarily reserve memory, and if they do, they are definitions

"For variables, definitions assign values to an area of memory that was reserved during the declaration phase." That's not correct. From The C Programming Language, Appendix 8:

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.

Definitions in C (such as int x = 7; at the top of a function) are also declarations, but a (pure) declaration is not a definition and reserves no memory. "extern char example1;" won't reserve any memory. 81.131.65.15 (talk) 12:13, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merge suggestion

See Talk:Initialization_(programming)#Merge suggestion. A.A.Graff (talk) 04:03, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]