What is the definition of Object in C++ ?

[Jerry Coffin]

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I wonder why they excepted function definitions as objects?

Probably because a pointer to a function is a special type of thing
that's not necessarily compatible with a pointer to an object.

 

[Matthias Buelow]

"An object is created by a definition (3.1), by a new-expression
(5.3.4) or by the implementation (12.2) when needed."

A function is created by a definition, so it conforms to the above
sentence as written.

Then a class would be an object, too.

When'll the C++ Meta Object Protocol arrive?

 

[P. Lepin]

Well, those Harvard folks are strange ones...

I heard they got Modified because of that. Not that it helped much.