C++ keywords: class

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C++ keywords

alignas (C++11) alignof (C++11) and and_eq asm auto bitand bitor bool break case catch char char16_t (C++11) char32_t (C++11) class compl concept (C++20) const constexpr (C++11) const_cast continue decltype (C++11) default delete do double dynamic_cast else	enum explicit export extern false float for friend goto if inline int long mutable namespace new noexcept (C++11) not not_eq nullptr (C++11) operator or or_eq private protected public register reinterpret_cast	requires (C++20) return short signed sizeof static static_assert (C++11) static_cast struct switch template this thread_local (C++11) throw true try typedef typeid typename union unsigned using virtual void volatile wchar_t while xor xor_eq
Identifiers with special meaning (since C++11)
override
final

Usage

• declaration of a class

declaration of a scoped enumeration type

(since C++11)

• In a template declaration, class can be used to introduce type template parameters and template template parameters
• If a function or a variable exists in scope with the name identical to the name of a class type, class can be prepended to the name for disambiguation, resulting in an elaborated type specifier

Example

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class Foo;  // forward declaration of a class

class Bar { // definition of a class
  public:
    Bar(int i) : m_i(i) {}
  private:
    int m_i;
};

template <class T> // template argument
void qux() {
    T t;
}

int main()
{
    Bar Bar(1);
    class Bar Bar2(2); // elaborated type
}