Question

Once in a while you stumble over a technical article where “creating” and “declaring” are used synonymously.

E.g.

declares an array of ints

creates an array of ints

But aren’t declaring and creating two different things? Or does it depend on the context?

Answer 1

In C and C++, the creation of an object also declares it:

int main() {
    int a[10];   // create a
    a[3] = 42;   // use a - no need for a separate declaration
}