Ah yes, I didn't mean to make that unclear. They are under 2.11 for the user interested. I find it interesting they don't specify the word 'keyword' in that second section. "Furthermore, the alternative representations shown in Table 4 for certain operators and punctuators (2.5) are reserved and shall not be used otherwise:" corey On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 10:28:42 -0600, Eljay Love-Jensen <eljay@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Corey, > > Those C++ Alternatives (reserved) *are* C++ Keywords. > > As per both ISO 14882 and Stroustrup's C++ Programming Language (special > edition) Appendix A. > > --Eljay > >