Re: Bug or logic error in if with auto?

[Rob T]

On Monday, 3 December 2012 at 14:22:28 UTC, Nick Treleaven wrote:

Most programmers would probably just pollute the existing scope:

auto x = "thing" in arr;
if (x && *x == 45)
{
    ...
}

You can always wrap it inside its own scope

main()
{
  // temp scope
  {
    auto x = "thing" in arr;
    if (x && *x == 45)
    {
       ...
    }
  }

  writeln(x); // <- error x is undefined

}