auto in library functions

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Sun Dec 23 14:49:15 PST 2012


On 12/23/12 4:54 PM, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
> I just created my first pull request for druntime and there where
> multiple commonets to _not_ use auto. I don't quite understand why it
> shouldn't be used in library functions. If it should not be used why is
> it in the language in the first place?

Is this it?

https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/pull/368

As a general rule, there should be justification for cases where auto is 
not to be used. Auto should be reached for by default.


Andrei




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