Comment by saagarjha
7 years ago
Picking an example that never occurs is not relevant, because nobody needs to learn the thing that never comes up in practice.
7 years ago
Picking an example that never occurs is not relevant, because nobody needs to learn the thing that never comes up in practice.
But as you show with your other example, the difference between auto and decltype does come up in practice, even if the example is not a typical one.
Sure: that's why I provided one that reflected the real world more closely.
re-reading: My first comment was addressing the "why might this have been downvoted part", I didn't make that clear enough.