Proposal: Type inference for variable definition/initialization using the 'auto' keyword.

[Mark Thornton]

alex wrote:
> Hi Tim,
> a little bit late comment...
>
> what if 
>
> Map<String, List<String>> anagrams();
>
> compiled as
>
> Map<String, List<String>> anagrams = new HashMap<String, List<String>>();
>
>   
Why HashMap and not some other implementation of Map? That approach only 
works if the LHS specifies a concrete type and not an interface or 
abstract class.

Mark Thornton