9 Declarations [dcl]

9.2 Specifiers [dcl.spec]

9.2.9 Type specifiers [dcl.type]

9.2.9.3 Simple type specifiers [dcl.type.simple]

The component name of a type-name is the first name in it.
A placeholder-type-specifier is a placeholder for a type to be deduced ([dcl.spec.auto]).
A type-specifier is a placeholder for a deduced class type ([dcl.type.class.deduct]) if
The nested-name-specifier or splice-specifier, if any, shall be non-dependent and the simple-template-name, pack-index-template-name, or splice-specifier shall designate a deducible template.
A deducible template is
[Note 1: 
An injected-class-name is never interpreted as a template-name in contexts where class template argument deduction would be performed ([temp.local]).
— end note]
The other simple-type-specifiers specify either a previously-declared type, a type determined from an expression, or one of the fundamental types ([basic.fundamental]).
Table 17 summarizes the valid combinations of simple-type-specifiers and the types they specify.
Table 17simple-type-specifiers and the types they specify [tab:dcl.type.simple]
Specifier(s)
Type
the type named
the type as defined in [temp.names]
the type as defined in [dcl.type.decltype]
the type as defined in [dcl.type.pack.index]
the type as defined in [dcl.spec.auto]
the type as defined in [dcl.type.class.deduct]
the type as defined in [dcl.type.splice]
char
“char”
unsigned char
“unsigned char”
signed char
“signed char”
char8_t
“char8_t”
char16_t
“char16_t”
char32_t
“char32_t”
bool
“bool”
unsigned
“unsigned int”
unsigned int
“unsigned int”
signed
“int”
signed int
“int”
int
“int”
unsigned short int
“unsigned short int”
unsigned short
“unsigned short int”
unsigned long int
“unsigned long int”
unsigned long
“unsigned long int”
unsigned long long int
“unsigned long long int”
unsigned long long
“unsigned long long int”
signed long int
“long int”
signed long
“long int”
signed long long int
“long long int”
signed long long
“long long int”
long long int
“long long int”
long long
“long long int”
long int
“long int”
long
“long int”
signed short int
“short int”
signed short
“short int”
short int
“short int”
short
“short int”
wchar_t
“wchar_t”
float
“float”
double
“double”
long double
“long double”
void
“void”
When multiple simple-type-specifiers are allowed, they can be freely intermixed with other decl-specifiers in any order.
[Note 2: 
It is implementation-defined whether objects of char type are represented as signed or unsigned quantities.
The signed specifier forces char objects to be signed; it is redundant in other contexts.
— end note]