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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

My understanding:

int a = 1;
   // variable definition =
   // declaration + initialisation

int b; // variable declaration

b = 2  // variable initialisation,
       // type of assignment

a = 3  // variable assignment

int f(int x, int y);
   // function declaration

int g(int z) {
   return z;
}  // function definition

int f(int x, int y) {
   return x + y;
}  // function definition