7 Expressions [expr]

7.5 Primary expressions [expr.prim]

7.5.4 Names [expr.prim.id]

7.5.4.1 Unqualified names [expr.prim.id.unqual]

unqualified-id:
	identifier
	operator-function-id
	conversion-function-id
	literal-operator-id
	~ class-name
	~ decltype-specifier
	template-id
1
#
An identifier is only an id-expression if it has been suitably declared ([dcl.dcl]) or if it appears as part of a declarator-id.
[ Note
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A class-name or decltype-specifier prefixed by ~ denotes a destructor; see [class.dtor].
Within the definition of a non-static member function, an identifier that names a non-static member is transformed to a class member access expression ([class.mfct.non-static]).
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 ]
2
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The result is the entity denoted by the identifier.
If the entity is a local entity and naming it from outside of an unevaluated operand within the declarative region where the unqualified-id appears would result in some intervening lambda-expression capturing it by copy ([expr.prim.lambda.capture]), the type of the expression is the type of a class member access expression ([expr.ref]) naming the non-static data member that would be declared for such a capture in the closure object of the innermost such intervening lambda-expression.
[ Note
:
If that lambda-expression is not declared mutable, the type of such an identifier will typically be const qualified.
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If the entity is a template parameter object for a template parameter of type T ([temp.param]), the type of the expression is const T.
Otherwise, the type of the expression is the type of the result.
[ Note
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The type will be adjusted as described in [expr.type] if it is cv-qualified or is a reference type.
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The expression is an lvalue if the entity is a function, variable, structured binding ([dcl.struct.bind]), data member, or template parameter object and a prvalue otherwise ([basic.lval]); it is a bit-field if the identifier designates a bit-field.
[ Example
: 
void f() {
  float x, &r = x;
  [=] {
    decltype(x) y1;             // y1 has type float
    decltype((x)) y2 = y1;      // y2 has type float const& because this lambda
                                // is not mutable and x is an lvalue
    decltype(r) r1 = y1;        // r1 has type float&
    decltype((r)) r2 = y2;      // r2 has type float const&
  };
}
— end example
 ]