Often I want to be explicit in code which exact type is being used, but I'd like the IDE to help me figure it out and type it for me. 'auto' does pretty much all of that for me, except that it takes away the explicitness.
It would be perfect if I could just type
auto a = someFunc();
then point at the 'auto' and let Visual Assist replace it by whatever type was deduced, so that I get the actual non-auto C++ code
For now, if you place the caret into the "auto" keyword or the variable name, and look at the VA Context and Definition fields, which are normally shown at the top of the editor window, and are where the alt-m list is shown coming from, VA will show the actual type it has worked out here. You can then place keyboard focus into the definition field and copy out the type, if you want. Not quite the same, but helpful all the same.
Replace 'auto' by actual type
Posted - Dec 12 2018 : 4:16:37 PM
