Trass3r:
>You immediately give the counter-argument? ^^<
I try to give both pros and cons :-)
I think when expressions get even more complex 'where' can help.
> Another possibility would probably be the following, but it's not as
> compact and nice:
>
> double c;
> {
> double a = retrieve_a();
> double b = retrieve_b();
>
> c = sqrt(a*a + b*b);
> }
If 'c' has a very complex type, you really want to use 'auto', but you can't
there. In functional-style programming types can be very complex and long to
write, for example the result of a map(filter(lazy generator)).
Bye,
bearophile
