Subj : Re: A real beginer's C++ question To : borland.public.cpp.borlandcpp From : "Boba" Date : Tue Jul 08 2003 12:43 pm "Thomas Maeder [TeamB]" wrote in message news:m2adbpm26y.fsf@madbox2.local... > Actually, each definition is also a declaration. ???, then, would you mind telling me what type the following 'variable' is 'declared' of: #define x 123 Now 'x' is just another token for the preprocessor and (in most cases) there will be no action taken by the compiler to generate any memory allocating code. In unoptimized code, variable declaration always allocates some memory. (sorry for being that far off the topic.) Boba .