> Also, I agree that there could be a better solution - always use auto, and use an IDE which shows you the type inline. IntelliJ can do this for Rust. But unfo

> Also, I agree that there could be a better solution - always use auto, and use an IDE which shows you the type inline. IntelliJ can do this for Rust. But unfortunately no C++ IDE has code intelligence anywhere near good enough to do this reliably. I guess it depends on the IDE, here's what the one I use (QtCreator) can do for instance : https://i.imgur.com/SebyTR9.png https://i.imgur.com/SebyTR9.png