alt Hacker NewsIt's a foot gun. Why is the default target for this gun my foot? "You should be careful to choose the target properly" isn't an answer to that question.
It's a foot gun. Why is the default target for this gun my foot? "You should be careful to choose the target properly" isn't an answer to that question.
In what way it is a footgun? auto x = ... ; does what I would expect. Copying is usually the default in C++ and that's what I would expect to happen here.
If auto deduced reference types transparently, it would actually be more dangerous.