The stately := operator feature proposal

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On Thursday, 30 May 2013 at 20:58:35 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> There is a significant difference between a language feature 
> which adds actual
> functionality and one that's purely syntactic sugar.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

Plus here, the difference is four characters if you count the 
single space. I think there really isn't any value added to the 
language from this syntax. It's an alternative way to write 
something that is already very short and easy to understand. 
Plus, I think of auto as really just a placeholder, given that 
you don't need auto if you have a qualifier, like so:

const x = 3.4f;