Walter Bright wrote:

Well, 'var' is used in C# 3.0 for this purpose (which...

I know it's a little different, but it's so convenient. Also, the no...

No, it's way way more than that. Auto type deduction gets us much closer...

My problem with "var" is the history of the keyword. Back in the olden days...

...object, no RAII
2) scoped a = new A();    // type inference, new object, RAII
3) auto...

It's an interesting proposal. What I was thinking of eventually for 'auto' is to...

True. Consider that type inference works in these cases:

	static a = 3;	// a is an...

Didn't you mean "bright person" ? :P
I completely agree. The current "auto" can then...

What I would prefer is if you introduced a new keyword that meant "declare".  Just...

Agreed.

It does.  But I'm not sure I prefer the only viable alternative in...