[Issue 2716] Confusion of auto and scope as the class attribute

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--- Comment #7 from Stewart Gordon <smjg at iname.com>  2009-07-13 03:58:18 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #6)
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> Do not consider auto to mean scope.
> 
> This is a patch against LDC's DMDFE. It removes the remaining instances of auto
> meaning scope and makes 'auto class C { ... }' and 'auto C c;' an 'Error:
> storage class has no effect: auto'. See also bug 3118 .

"storage class has no effect" seems to be the wrong wording.  Firstly, it'll be
a case of doesn't make sense rather than has no effect; secondly, this is
making it not a storage class at all.

Moreover, should we get rid of it straight off, or deprecate it first?

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