decltype vs auto

Question

As I understand it, both decltype and auto will attempt to figure out what the type of something is.

If we define:

int foo () {         


        

Answer 1

modify @Mankarse's example code,I think a better one blew:

#include 
int global = 0;
int& foo()
{
   return global;
}

int main()
{
    decltype(foo()) a = foo(); //a is an `int&`
    auto b = foo(); //b is an `int`
    b = 2;

    std::cout << "a: " << a << '\n'; //prints "a: 0"
    std::cout << "b: " << b << '\n'; //prints "b: 2"
    std::cout << "global: " << global << '\n'; //prints "global: 0"

    std::cout << "---\n";

    //a is an `int&`
    a = 10;

    std::cout << "a: " << a << '\n'; //prints "a: 10"
    std::cout << "b: " << b << '\n'; //prints "b: 2"
    std::cout << "global: " << global << '\n'; //prints "global: 10"

    return 0;

}