Re: C23 auto x C++ auto.

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.



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