older coworker has discovered the c++ keyword "auto"

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The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

Sweevo posted:

this is what happens when you have a generation of programmers raised on javascript and p-lang toy bullshit

# ¿ Jun 2, 2023 21:33

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# ¿ May 16, 2024 00:55

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

auto is just telling the reader to gently caress off because you don�t care if they understand the context

# ¿ Jun 2, 2023 21:34

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

Glorgnole posted:

auto's not a big deal IMO... whenever you create a variable you're always writing it out like
code:
auto some_butt = std::make_shared<const Butt>();
and the type's just right there on the same line

the main reason to use auto is because

code:

 

auto some_butt = FrobuleCreatorFactoryDefecator();
// returns 
// ButtDB::intrusive_shared_ptr_reference<Frobule::Engine::ButtInstance<Poop, ButtTraits>>

returns a type that is too long to write.

# ¿ Jun 3, 2023 01:11

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rotor posted:

people bitch about java being too wordy but goddamn

this example was very short. I felt bad that I was not able to come up with the kind of horrors that emerge from just regular C++

# ¿ Jun 3, 2023 05:17

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