"Robert Fraser" <fraserofthenight at gmail.com> wrote in message news:g3al00$20ml$1 at digitalmars.com... > invariant string BAR1 = "bar1"; > > If "string" isn't specified it will be deduced. > To clarify: invariant BAR1 = "bar1"; Is shorthand for: invariant auto BAR1 = "bar1"; And "auto" means the type is deduced.