[webkit-dev] When to use "auto"? (I usually consider it harmful)

[Darin Adler]

On Jan 6, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Geoffrey Garen <ggaren at apple.com> wrote:

> FunctionParameters::FunctionParameters(ParameterNode* firstParameter, unsigned size)
>     : m_size(size)
> {
>     unsigned i = 0;
>     for (ParameterNode* parameter = firstParameter; parameter; parameter = parameter->nextParam()) {
>         auto pattern = parameter->pattern();
>         pattern->ref();
>         patterns()[i++] = pattern;
>     }
> }
> 
> If I had to describe this algorithm in English, I’d say, “Collect and retain all the [auto] from the list of parsed parameters.” I think that explanation would be stronger if “[auto]” were a concrete noun.

The variable and the function are both named pattern and I would use that as the noun.

— Darin
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