auto, var, raii,scope, banana

[Sean Kelly]

Don Clugston wrote:
> 
> No, the idea is *not* to have a type inference keyword, but instead only 
> specify the storage class:
> 
> static a = 7;
> const b = 7;
> auto  c = 7;
> 
> Now 'a' is a variable, just as much 'c' is.

So long as the storage class is required, I'm all for it.  This seems 
more consistent than what we have now.

> I hope that one day D also gets explicit thread-local variables. They 
> would need a seperate storage class.

I proposed this a while back and no one responded, so I went and added 
thread-local storage to Ares.  But it would be much nicer to have this 
as a language feature.

> No, it's not. It's a storage class in C++, *not* a type inference 
> keyword. It's just that it's a storage class that in modern times is 
> only used in the context of type inference.

The things you learn.  I don't think I've ever seen 'auto' used in a C 
or C++ program, though I've come across 'register' quite a bit.


Sean