Ellery Newcomer wrote:
auto a = 1, b = null; int a = 1, *b = null; The first is accepted by dmd, and it should result in typeof(a) == int and typeof(b) == void*. It is somewhat contradictory to the error message resulting from the second: multiple declarations must have the same type, not int and int* I am skeptical of dmd's permitting the first. Does anyone else see any utility in it?
Personally, I like it. In second line you specify int type, and list of *int* variables. In first line you specify list of initialized variables which types should be inferred automatically. I see no reason why first line should not be permitted. If one would need several variables of one type, why he wouldn't specify exact type instead of using 'auto'?
