Allow Explicit Pointer for Auto Declaration

[Jacob via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 30 September 2016 at 03:07:41 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Friday, 30 September 2016 at 01:48:02 UTC, Jacob wrote:
>
>> auto* pValue = expr;  // still invalid code unless expr 
>> evaluate to a pointer type
>> auto* pValue = &expr; // this is valid if expr is a ref
>>
>> It still requires the &, what it prevents is this situation:
>>
>> auto pValue = expr; // wanted pointer, expr evaluates to 
>> non-ptr value through change of code or simply forgetting "&"
>>
>> So no code should be broken, you can do everything the same 
>> way without a change in behavior and auto with a "*" is 
>> currently invalid.
>>
>> Basically how it works in C++: http://ideone.com/TUz9dO
>
> You could forget the * just as easily as the &.

Easier to notice and to check whether the type is a pointer.