On Wednesday, 20 June 2012 at 17:59:08 UTC, ixid wrote:
Just as a question about the existing syntax as you listed
combinations to learn as a negative:
auto name = initializer;
const name = initializer;
immutable name = initializer;
shared name = initializer;
enum name = initializer;
After the first aren't these all just short hand for "const
auto name = init" etc with the given keyword?
No. Many don't realise this, but "auto" doesn't actually stand
for "automatic type inference". It is a storage class, like
static, extern, etc., and it means that the variable stops
existing at the end of the scope. It is, however, the default
storage class, which is why it is useful when all you want is
type inference. Even C has auto.
Lars
