Auto keyword and when to use it

[XavierAP]

On Tuesday, 21 August 2018 at 21:37:00 UTC, QueenSvetlana wrote:
>
> I had a misunderstanding about the keyword auto because I 
> wrongfully believed that it made the code like Python

Exactly, you are thinking still like D is Python or also 
dynamically typed. :) You will get when compiling errors that 
Python wouldn't detect until run-time (or with your private 
methods).

- A declaration with auto needs to include an initialization.
- The code will be equivalent as if replacing "auto" with the 
inferred type. It is not left for later to check.

I'm not terribly bothered btw by "Type = new Type()" but often 
type names get too long or include namespaces... 
"mylib.numeric.squareObjectWithPointyCorners = new 
mylib.numeric.squareObjectWithPointyCorners()"