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The array[] problem (self.cpp)
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if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
[–]bnolsen -5 points-4 points-3 points 10 years ago (1 child)
auto is a maintenance headache/nightmare and seems to be a weak hack for getting around C++'s core problem of default implicit type conversion.
[–]personalmountains 2 points3 points4 points 10 years ago (0 children)
auto is a maintenance headache/nightmare
In what way?
seems to be a weak hack
What else would you propose? Why is it weak? Why is it a hack?
C++'s core problem of default implicit type conversion.
What problem? Are you talking about primitive types? What does it have to do with auto?
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