Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Overuse of 'auto' Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:48:27 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <86fsczuuec.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <87edsvs0js.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="38ac7d2bf94e0515b2526fa483f331a9"; logging-data="68821"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+AFZShFffgVe5GKCBTJnJaXyc96I5RFBk=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:C+SX11Hk5AmJBhbaj8m13dQg0io= sha1:W+huzM7K3XpAGcZlEuce0BKPD9g= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c++:88281 Keith Thompson writes: > Juha Nieminen writes: > >> Maybe you also have a thin skin in addition to a thick skull... > > Also an insult. Saying someone has thin skin can be an insult, but it doesn't have to be. Some people are more sensitive than others. I have heard someone say something about how thin or thick someone's skin was, and the statement was made in a way that I would characterize as a most benevolent manner. Please note that I am not making any claims as to what Juha intended in his statement.