6 ms·In C++11 you can use ‘auto’ when defining a variable and the compiler will figure out its type for you.by ehamberg 15y agoIn C++11 you can use ‘auto’ when defining a variable and the compiler will figure out its type for you.slowpoke 15y agoAlso known as Type Inference, if you want/need a keyword for further reading.eru 15y agoThanks. Your use of `actually' made me think that you were using `auto' in the old sense just to make grepping easier.