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From what I'm able to understand:

  • declaration is when prototype or declaration is used to describe the features
  • definition is when a declaration is also assigned a literal or an object, such that a chunk of memory is allocated
  • initialization is the assignment of an object, either during definition or immediately after declaration
  • assignment is the setting of a value of a particular object at any stage of the program execution

Which of the follow terms overlap? Which of them is a superset/subset of each other?

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[–] aMockTie@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I would define them as follows:

  • Declaration: This thing exists.
  • Definition: Here are the details for how this thing works.
  • Initialization: Assign the initial state to this thing.
  • Assignment: The value of this thing is now X.