https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19638
Seb <greeen...@gmail.com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Status|NEW |RESOLVED
CC| |greeen...@gmail.com
Resolution|--- |INVALID
--- Comment #1 from Seb <greeen...@gmail.com> ---
> so I will need to forward declare the variable however I cannot do this
> because I do not know the type I should be using to declare because it has
> been obscured by the use of auto in the demo.
Are you aware of e.g. `typeof`?
---
auto r = 10.iota;
---
is equal to:
---
typeof(10.iota) r;
...
r = 10.iota;
---
I will close this as invalid, because:
- for many functions in Phobos one doesn't even now the type
- `auto` is easier to read (less visible space)
- `auto` is smarter as you don't need to change anything if you refactor code
(also good for copy&paste examples)
I encourage you to look up Voldemort types
(https://wiki.dlang.org/Voldemort_types) and post to the Learn group for more
questions
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