[webkit-dev] [webkit-reviewers] usage of auto

Darin Adler darin at apple.com
Tue Jan 10 21:51:26 PST 2017


> On Jan 10, 2017, at 9:49 PM, Darin Adler <darin at apple.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 10, 2017, at 9:46 PM, Simon Fraser <simon.fraser at apple.com> wrote:
>> 
>> auto countOfThing = getNumberOfThings();
>> ASSERT(countOfThing >= 0);  // Can’t tell by reading whether the ASSERT is assured at compile time if countOfThing is unsigned
> 
> I understand wanting to know, but I am not certain this is a bad thing.

Sorry, let me say something different, but related:

	int countOfThing = getNumberOfThings();

Can’t tell from the above code if getNumberOfThings() returns int or unsigned.

— Darin


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