• Matthew Wilson (5/5) Oct 10 2003 Is there a reason why we cannot have the following two declarations mean...
• Sean L. Palmer (5/10) Oct 12 2003 I like the idea. The first way looks overly wordy, like C#. ;)

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew stlsoft.org> writes:

Is there a reason why we cannot have the following two declarations mean the
same thing:

  auto Search search = new Search(rootDir, pattern, flags);

  Search search(rootDir, pattern, flags);

?

"Sean L. Palmer" <palmer.sean verizon.net> writes:

Sean

"Matthew Wilson" <matthew stlsoft.org> wrote in message
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 Is there a reason why we cannot have the following two declarations mean

the
 same thing:

   auto Search search = new Search(rootDir, pattern, flags);

   Search search(rootDir, pattern, flags);

 ?