Whether variable name in any programming language takes memory space

Question

e.g.

int a=3;//-----------------------(1)

and

int a_long_variable_name_used_instead_of_small_one=3;//-------------(2)
         


        

Answer 1

If my understanding is correct, they'll take up the same amount of memory. I believe (and am ready to get shot down in flames) that in C++ the names are symbolic to help the user and the compiler will just create a block of memory sufficient to hold the type you're declaring, in this case an int. So, they should both occupy the same memory size, ie, the memory required to hold an address.