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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Overuse of 'auto'
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:25:21 -0800
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Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> wrote:
>
>> Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:
>>
>>>  Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes but it is tedious.  Some types are *LONG*, especially what templates
>>>> can return.
>>>
>>> So what?  I very much oppose the brevity-over-clarity style of
>>> programming.
>>
>> There is a tacit assumption in that statement that longer is
>> always easier to read or more readily comprehended.
>
> No, there isn't.

Of course there is.  The phrase "brevity-over-clarity" suggests
a false dichotomy between brief and clear.  Anyone who pretends
otherwise is just being obtuse.