[tragomaskhalos]

Big thumbs up for your stance on auto - eminently sensible. There are instances where "meh, you don't need to worry about the type here" are valid, but if your code is to teach or explain then it needs to be as explicit as it can possibly be.

Edit: that's not to say that there aren't also cases where you should use auto because it is safer than using an explicit type (some integer sizing/signing scenarios spring to mind).