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Copy constructor much? (Also, I would take var over auto any day, to be honest; but no, they had to override the old useless keyword for some mysterious reas

Copy constructor much? (Also, I would take var over auto any day, to be honest; but no, they had to override the old useless keyword for some mysterious reason.)

int_19h 4y ago
The reason is obvious: to avoid adding a new keyword and breaking existing code that might use it as an identifier.
- Koshkin 4y ago
  C++ had to add new keywords anyway.
  - int_19h 4y ago
    It does, but N new keywords are always going to mean less breakage than N+1 new keywords. On top of that, the best keywords - e.g. in this case "let" or "var" - are also the ones most likely to clash with identifiers in existing code.