http://wiki.dlang.org/DIP25

[Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d]

On 1/3/15, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 1/2/2015 3:17 PM, Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> auto still kicks ass of course, especially for ranges and template code.
>
> Bluntly, auto makes those usable.
>

Yeah it shouldn't be looked upon as a gimmick, it's an enabler feature.

And let's not forget auto return types! (which I dearly miss in D1).