We need to clarify if 'real' is the 'default floating point type' or not.

[Ameer Armaly]

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> "Ameer Armaly" <ameer.armaly at furman.edu> wrote in
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>> I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier: auto. If you want
>> optimal int types, isn't that part of the  rationale behind type
>> inference?
>
> I assume you're proposing a change in the way auto works.  Currently for:
>
>    auto x = 5 < 7;
>
> x has type bool.
Not really. Suppose you're on a 64-bit machine.
auto x = 5;
should yield a long, where as on a 32-bit machine it should yield an int
It's not perfect by any stretch, but it's easier given the current 
circumstances.