Re: [boost] Most needed/desired features in C++

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-02-18 11:40:04

From: "Daniel Frey" <daniel.frey_at_[hidden]>
>>>
IMHO the question is: If we have your typeof, can we write a class
'auto' that doesn't require any further language support?
<<<

No, but we can write a macro. ;-)

Frankly, I see nothing wrong with 'let', or 'auto', or 'dcl', or however it
ends up (hopefully) being called. Why should we try to achieve the same
effect with some other means? There's no point.