VERSION 2: Re: Proposal: Type inference for variable definition/initialization using the 'auto' keyword.

[Howard Lovatt]

The example:

final auto list = new ArrayList<String>();

seems strange, why not:

final list = new ArrayList<String>();

After all you are trying to reduce verbosity and making final
declarations the same length as variable ones will encourage people to
use final more, which is a good thing. The use of just final has been
proposed by many people for Java already, it won't break code.  Also
this final only construct is consistent with other languages e.g.
Scala, JavaFX, etc. that use def and var (final and auto
respectively).

  -- Howard.