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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Overuse of 'auto'
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 10:28:27 -0800
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Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> writes:
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> Maybe, *maybe*, 'i' is acceptable in *very* short one-liner loops.
> (But even then... Why? What's the advantage? I see no advantage.)

The advantage is that using 'i' follows an established convention that
has been in use for the better part of a century.

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for XCOM Labs
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */