==========C++ Keywords==========

This is a list of reserved keywords in C++.  Since they are used by the language, these keywords are not
available for re-definition (or overloading) by programmers.

^Keyword^Description^
|[[/alternative operators|and]]|alternative to <nowiki>&&</nowiki> operator|
|[[/alternative operators|and_eq]]|alternative to <nowiki>&=</nowiki> operator|
|[[asm]]|insert an assembly instruction|
|[[auto]]|declare a local variable|
|[[/alternative operators|bitand]]|alternative to <nowiki>bitwise &</nowiki> operator|
|[[/alternative operators|bitor]]|alternative to <nowiki>|</nowiki> operator|
|[[bool]]|declare a boolean variable|
|[[break]]|break out of a loop|
|[[case]]|a block of code in a switch statement|
|[[catch]]|handles exceptions from throw|
|[[char]]|declare a character variable|
|[[class]]|declare a class|
|[[/alternative operators|compl]]|alternative to <nowiki>~</nowiki> operator|
|[[const]]|declare immutable data or functions that do not change data|
|[[const_cast]]|cast from const variables|
|[[continue]]|bypass iterations of a loop|
|[[default]]|default handler in a case statement|
|[[delete]]|make dynamic memory available|
|[[do]]|looping construct|
|[[double]]|declare a double precision floating-point variable|
|[[dynamic_cast]]|perform runtime casts|
|[[else]]|alternate case for an if statement|
|[[enum]]|create enumeration types|
|[[explicit]]|only use constructors when they exactly match|
|[[export]]|allows template definitions to be separated from their declarations|
|[[extern]]|tell the compiler about variables defined elsewhere|
|[[false]]|a constant representing the boolean false value|
|[[float]]|declare a floating-point variable|
|[[for]]|looping construct|
|[[friend]]|grant non-member function access to private data|
|[[goto]]|jump to a different part of the program|
|[[if]]|execute code based on the result of a test|
|[[inline]]|optimize calls to short functions|
|[[int]]|declare an integer variable|
|[[long]]|declare a long integer variable|
|[[mutable]]|override a const variable|
|[[namespace]]|partition the global namespace by defining a scope|
|[[new]]|allocate dynamic memory for a new variable|
|[[/alternative operators|not]]|alternative to <nowiki>!</nowiki> operator|
|[[/alternative operators|not_eq]]|alternative to <nowiki>!=</nowiki> operator|
|[[operator]]|create overloaded operator functions|
|[[/alternative operators|or]]|alternative to <nowiki>||</nowiki> operator|
|[[/alternative operators|or_eq]]|alternative to <nowiki>|=</nowiki> operator|
|[[private]]|declare private members of a class|
|[[protected]]|declare protected members of a class|
|[[public]]|declare public members of a class|
|[[register]]|request that a variable be optimized for speed|
|[[reinterpret_cast]]|change the type of a variable|
|[[return]]|return from a function|
|[[short]]|declare a short integer variable|
|[[signed]]|modify variable type declarations|
|[[sizeof]]|return the size of a variable or type|
|[[static]]|create permanent storage for a variable|
|[[static_cast]]|perform a nonpolymorphic cast|
|[[struct]]|define a new structure|
|[[switch]]|execute code based on different possible values for a variable|
|[[template]]|create generic functions|
|[[this]]|a pointer to the current object|
|[[throw]]|throws an exception|
|[[true]]|a constant representing the boolean true value|
|[[try]]|execute code that can throw an exception|
|[[typedef]]|create a new type name from an existing type|
|[[typeid]]|describes an object|
|[[typename]]|declare a class or undefined type|
|[[union]]|a structure that assigns multiple variables to the same memory location|
|[[unsigned]]|declare an unsigned integer variable|
|[[using]]|import complete or partial namespaces into the current scope|
|[[virtual]]|create a function that can be overridden by a derived class|
|[[void]]|declare functions or data with no associated data type|
|[[volatile]]|warn the compiler about variables that can be modified unexpectedly|
|[[wchar_t]]|declare a wide-character variable|
|[[while]]|looping construct|
|[[/alternative operators|xor]]|alternative to <nowiki>^</nowiki> operator|
|[[/alternative operators|xor_eq]]|alternative to <nowiki>^=</nowiki> operator|