[lex.key]

# 5 Lexical conventions [[lex]](./#lex)

## 5.12 Keywords [lex.key]

[keyword:](#nt:keyword "5.12 Keywords [lex.key]")  
any identifier listed in Table [5](#tab:lex.key "Table 5: Keywords")  
*import-keyword*  
*module-keyword*  
*export-keyword*

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/lex.tex#L1026)

The identifiers shown in Table [5](#tab:lex.key "Table 5: Keywords") are reserved for use
as keywords (that is, they are unconditionally treated as keywords in
phase 7) except in an [*attribute-token*](dcl.attr.grammar#nt:attribute-token "9.13.1 Attribute syntax and semantics [dcl.attr.grammar]") ([[dcl.attr.grammar]](dcl.attr.grammar "9.13.1 Attribute syntax and semantics"))[.](#1.sentence-1)

[*Note [1](#note-1)*:

The register keyword is unused but
is reserved for future use[.](#1.sentence-2)

â *end note*]

Table [5](#tab:lex.key) — Keywords [[tab:lex.key]](./tab:lex.key)  

| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-1)<br>alignas | constinit | extern | protected | throw |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-2)<br>alignof | const_cast | false | public | true |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-3)<br>asm | continue | float | register | try |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-4)<br>auto | contract_assert | for | reinterpret_cast | typedef |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-5)<br>bool | co_await | friend | requires | typeid |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-6)<br>break | co_return | goto | return | typename |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-7)<br>case | co_yield | if | short | union |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-8)<br>catch | decltype | inline | signed | unsigned |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-9)<br>char | default | int | sizeof | using |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-10)<br>char8_t | delete | long | static | virtual |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-11)<br>char16_t | do | mutable | static_assert | void |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-12)<br>char32_t | double | namespace | static_cast | volatile |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-13)<br>class | dynamic_cast | new | struct | wchar_t |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-14)<br>concept | else | noexcept | switch | while |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-15)<br>const | enum | nullptr | template |  |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-16)<br>consteval | explicit | operator | this |  |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key-row-17)<br>constexpr | export | private | thread_local |  |

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[#](http://github.com/Eelis/draft/tree/9adde4bc1c62ec234483e63ea3b70a59724c745a/source/lex.tex#L1126)

Furthermore, the alternative representations shown in
Table [6](#tab:lex.key.digraph "Table 6: Alternative representations") for certain operators and
punctuators ([[lex.digraph]](lex.digraph "5.9 Alternative tokens")) are reserved and shall not be used
otherwise[.](#2.sentence-1)

Table [6](#tab:lex.key.digraph) — Alternative representations [[tab:lex.key.digraph]](./tab:lex.key.digraph)  

| [ð](#tab:lex.key.digraph-row-1)<br>and | and_eq | bitand | bitor | compl | not |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [ð](#tab:lex.key.digraph-row-2)<br>not_eq | or | or_eq | xor | xor_eq |  |