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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (8 children)

auto main() -> int

What programming language is this even?!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Why would anyone bother writing it like that? That just seems like int main() with extra steps. Like does auto enable some compiler optimisation of the return type that I'm not aware of?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Defining the return type that way can be used when dealing with template sorcery - there's no use for it here though, not even for readability in any way.

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