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Re: Explicitly deduced return type (like "auto foo() -> auto"), is that valid?

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"Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> writes:

> Specifically, is
>
>     auto foo() -> auto { return 42; }
>
>     auto main() -> int
>     {
>         return foo();
>     }
>
> ... valid?
>
> I'd guess that it's not valid as C++11, but possibly valid as
> C++14 or later.

fwiw, g++ and clang accept it without complaint under -std=c++14
and -std=c++17, but give a diagnostic under -std=c++11.  That
result holds both with and without a -pedantic option.

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Explicitly deduced return type (like "auto foo() -> auto"), is that valid? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-08-21 04:59 +0200
  Re: Explicitly deduced return type (like "auto foo() -> auto"), is that valid? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-08-22 05:05 -0700

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