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 21:09:37 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: <86tu1eu772.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <877cynxris.fsf@bsb.me.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="77b286a689752ca270ac0d7d8e983965"; logging-data="254579"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19xwHWO7lRE7LMCLc0eI4EkmJTlJmR+vG0=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:POxWjJtMBPQR4ZhkkTUCzXR4ns8= sha1:evUKTJSUQpIUsmdV7rJgqgbasXU= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c++:88289 Paavo Helde writes: > 20.12.2022 08:16 Juha Nieminen kirjutas: [...] >> What's with this arguing-for-the-sake-of-arguing? It still baffles >> my mind how what I have written is *so* controversial that people >> need to heavily oppose it and present every single stupid >> counter-argument they can think of, just for the sake of arguing. >> >> I'm sorry, but you are not going to convince me to write less >> readable code by arguing that "most people I know don't know what >> HDMI is". I cannot even understand why you are presenting such a >> stupid argument. > > It is not my goal to convince you to write less readable code, > quite the opposite actually. I'm just pointing out that what > means 'less readable' is not universal, but depends on the people > and on the context. > > Nobody here argues with you that one should write readable code > and that over-using of auto or any other thing is bad. It's in > the name. The opinions differ on what is 'readable' and what is > over-use'. I took some time and read each of Juha's posts in this extended discussion. As far at I can tell he is offering nothing more than opinion, hyperbole, and an arrogant attitude that his opinions are better than everyone else's. There is one other thing that struck me, which is he seems to have a singular lack of interest in trying to understand what other people are saying.