From 1043018187903158113 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,74637d148a591f02 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-27 05:05:28 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!feed1.uncensored-news.com!news.alt.net!comp-std-cpp-robomod!not-for-mail From: Francis Glassborow Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: Proposal: two real uses for the "auto" keyword Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 07:03:28 CST Organization: Southfield Microcomputer SS Lines: 29 Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: References: <052201c0b4ab$603e8050$0500a8c0@dragonsys.com> <99l3nf$7n0$1@news-int.gatech.edu> <+zJqQ9Afowv6Ews1@ntlworld.com> <3ABF4E68.14646D4E@acm.org> Reply-To: Francis Glassborow Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-Path: X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) X-Newsreader: Turnpike Integrated Version 5.00 U Xref: supernews.google.com comp.std.c++:4026 In article <3ABF4E68.14646D4E@acm.org>, James Dennett writes >Francis Glassborow wrote: >> >> In article <99l3nf$7n0$1@news-int.gatech.edu>, Brian McNamara! >> writes >> >(As an aside, I am curious why function declarations are even allowed >> >inside functions.) >> >> Almost certainly for compatibility with C. > >Would it be sensible to consider deprecating this feature, >or removing it altogether? It seems to give no significant >benefit, and plenty of pain. I think the pain would still be there unless you want to deprecate member function declarations in classes:) -- Francis Glassborow See http://www.accu.org for details of The ACCU Spring Conference, 2001 (includes many regular participants to C & C++ newsgroups) --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.research.att.com/~austern/csc/faq.html ]