What I mean is that for me, 'auto' in C++ means something like 'automatic type', e.g. it stands in for the actual type, whereas let x = some_expr means somethin

What I mean is that for me, 'auto' in C++ means something like 'automatic type', e.g. it stands in for the actual type, whereas let x = some_expr means something else - it doesn't really say anything directly about the type of x.