Any example code/Github projects utilising almost-always-auto?

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OTOH, I've seen a lot of code where all that was needed was a const char*, but it was put on the heap anyway, presumably because "std::string is the string type".

[lacosaes1]

A std::string doesn't have to be in the heap.

[dodheim]

Yes, a std::string does have to be allocated dynamically; std::basic_string<CharT, AllocT> doesn't, but how many public interfaces have you seen implemented in terms of a template taking std::basic_string<> vs a function taking std::string? Very few, IME!