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From: Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: C23 auto x C++ auto.
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 11:11:51 +0200
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Am 27.05.2024 um 07:53 schrieb Blue-Maned_Hawk:
> Bonita Montero wrote:
> 
>> I don't know what type inference in C is good for since the type names
>> in C are usually short. If I have short typenames in C++ I don't use
>> type inference. Type-inference makes sense to make such things shorter
>>       typename map<string, string>::const_iterator it = map.cbegin();
>> This doesn't happen in C.
> 
> Type-inference in C is useful for the same sole reason that type-inference
> has any use anywhere else:  preventing repetition of a typename.

I never use type inference if I have short typenames in C++ because
this is more readable. And in C you only have short typenames.