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

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echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

does auto make types like in js? coz I love having my
code feel like it has all the stability of a tomato plant without any sticks holding it up

# ¿ Jun 2, 2023 19:17

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 15:45

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Deep Dish Fuckfest posted:

no it doesn't and thank loving god for it. the compiler has to be able to figure out the type at compile time for it to work

we are, of course, talking about auto when used as placeholder for a local variable type here, because in true c++ fashion every keyword needs to have as many different meaning as possible in different context (though thankfully all of them still require the type to be deducible at compile time). we're not talking about auto used as, say, a function parameter type as is now allowed in c++20. possibly with concepts acting as constraints. or as part of decltype(auto) and its delightfully obvious meaning. or its effect of transforming a normal god-fearing r-value reference into a universal reference of loose morals when replacing a concrete type in a variable definition. or the type of firearm best suited to ending my suffering

this post is a fuckfest

# ¿ Jun 2, 2023 21:19

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

sounds like a good way to reduce cognitive load imo

# ¿ Jun 2, 2023 22:32

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

i use unreal blueprints which is basically just c++ and so can I just be real here for a second and say that c++ is easy as gently caress

# ¿ Jun 3, 2023 05:17

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Xarn posted:

Do you also complain when people write std::string instead of std::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char>>?

usually I let it slide

# ¿ Jun 4, 2023 22:45

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

i won�t lie, I do NOT understand any of that bullshit

code:

FOR i = 1 TO 10
PRINT �TURN ON YOUR MONITOR�
NEXT

this is all we ever needed

# ¿ Jun 5, 2023 21:26

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# ¿ May 15, 2024 15:45

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Ciaphas posted:

i hate c++ now, as well as myself

this is the way

# ¿ Jun 5, 2023 21:26

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