SC22/WG14 N785 Meaning of "definition" Clive D.W. Feather clive@demon.net 1997-10-21 Abstract ======== The Standard uses wording that implies that certain concepts (such as type names) have definitions, but does not support this in the definition of definition. This proposal fixes this. Proposal ======== Change 6.5 (Declarations) paragraph 5 from: A /declaration/ specifies the interpretation and attributes of a set of identifiers. A declaration that also causes storage to be reserved for an object or function named by an identifier is a /definition/.[90] to: A /declaration/ specifies the interpretation and attributes of a set of identifiers. A /definition/ of an identifier is a declaration for that identifier that: - for an object, causes storage to be reserved for that object; - for a function, includes the function body;[90] - for an enumeration constant or typedef name, is the (only) declaration of the identifier.