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

[Maciej Stachowiak]

On Jan 6, 2014, at 3:34 PM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:

> 
> 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.

Question for Geoff or anyone who knows: is it contextually useful to know that it's specifically a "DeconstructionPatternNode*" beyond knowing that it's a "pattern"?

Regards,
Maciej

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