Suggestion: shortcut for 'new X' #2

[Ivan Senji]

Kristian wrote:
> 
> Ok, I think my previous suggestion for an optional shortcut was a bit 
> too strange... For example:
> 
> Foo f = new Foo;
> Bar b = new Bar(10);
> 
> <->
> 
> Foo f = new;
> Bar b = new(10);
> 
> 
> Now there has been a proposal of the following (I use 'local' keyword 
> here):
> 
> Foo f1 = local Foo;  //stack/RAII
> Foo f2 = new Foo;    //heap
> 
> I like the syntax also.
> 
> 
> How about if you could *alternately* write:
> 
> local Foo f1;
> new Foo f2;
> 
> This would take care of the redundant class name in the declarations.
> 
> (I just hate redundance! ;) Writing class names twice is frustrating; 
> there is a pattern of "X ... X".)
> 
> Constructor parameters are put after variable names:
> 
> local Bar b(10);
> new Bar b(10, true);
> 
> 
> If this (or something similar) is not possible, a lot of people 
> (including me) could end writing auto typed declarations. For example 
> (auto here means auto type, not RAII):
> 
> auto f = new Foo;
> auto b = new Bar(10);

And I still don't see what is so terribly awful about that?

> 
> That could be shortened to:
> 
> f = new Foo;
> b = new Bar(10);
> 
> Which leads to my suggestion:
> 
> new Foo f;
> new Bar b(10);

Hmm, that looks a little to strange to me. It looks more like an 
expression than a declaration.