Path: csiph.com!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: Overuse of 'auto' Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 13:38:34 -0800 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 25 Message-ID: <87lemrp5t1.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> References: <87edsvs0js.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86fsczuuec.fsf@linuxsc.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="64e2c787ec3ccec87b512b3b1c12bb21"; logging-data="86977"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1//9zyuHe3jxSXYDE9GIiZ4" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.2 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ykyxp2jzxDJz02uQNKwQ+IRonxI= sha1:p6rTf7aL4AavbKUmgQc+5pVOAk4= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c++:88282 Tim Rentsch writes: > 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. I was making a claim as to what Juha intended. By raising an irrelevant point about a figure of speech, you risk rekindling an argument that had died out more than a week ago. Please don't do that. -- 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 */