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

[Reinier Zwitserloot]

Also,

> Map<String, List<String>> anagrams();

Actually looks like a method declaration (in fact, it is  
indistinguishable from it!), so the syntax needs work.

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On Apr 6, 2009, at 23:31, Mark Thornton wrote:

> 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
>
>