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    A bit of terminology: you declare and define names, like a here. You allocate objects on the heap. Well, formally, the "free store", but nobody calls it that. Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 17:14
  • duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/6727383/… Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 17:16
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    @PeteBecker: may I quote that in my user info, for reference when people do that "C++ has no heap so I refuse to answer your question" thing? Commented Mar 12, 2013 at 17:33