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Assunto:  Re: C++20+
De:       Digital Man
Data:     Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:30:00 -0800
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 >   HBReNB: HCRe: C++20+
 >   BByNB: HCfeoh Bto CAll Bon CFri Feb 06 2026 06:04 pm
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 >  fe> auto seems SUPER compelling and looks like it might take some of the
 >  fe> drudgework out of using C++, at least for whimps like me who generally
 >  fe> reach for gc languages like Python first.
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 >  fe> I knew C++ pretty well in the 90s. Hopefully one of these days I can
 >  fe> dust off those neurons and enjoy some of the newer features that have
 >  fe> come along since I last checked.
 >
 > The 'auto' keyword has been around in C++ since 2011 (added to the C++11
 > standard).

The 'auto' keyword actually dates back to the pre-standard (i.e. 1978) C Programming language. It was a storage class modifier (the opposite meaning of 'static' when declaring a function-local variable). Since 'auto' was the default storage class, you didn't see it used much at all in C. So it was kind of safe to reuse for a different purporse in C++ and now the newest version of C (2023?) has a similar (but not identical) repurposing of the 'auto' keyword as how its used in C++.
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