auto*

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Thu, Jul 06, 2017 at 11:50:24PM +0000, bauss via Digitalmars-d wrote:
[...]
> Let's say you have.
> 
> auto a = foo();
> 
> You have no idea what auto actually is in that case, but
> 
> auto* a = foo();
> 
> You know auto is a pointer of whatever foo returns.

Ah, I see.  So if foo() doesn't return a pointer it will be a compile
error?  So it's basically a kind of self-documentation?


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