Uniform initialization syntax for basic types?

Question

const int number{42};

Is this valid syntax? I can only find examples where the curly-brace initializers are used for objects or non-trivial types.

Answer 1

The simple answer to your question is YES it is allowed and it is a valid syntax.

You may check Uniform initialization syntax and semantics by stroustrup

Also to add that as per C++98 8.5/13:

If T is a scalar type, then a declaration of the form

T x = { a };

is equivalent to

T x = a;