Well, the * is completely redundant in those cases, so it doesn't bring
anything.
I'd be tempted to say, let's not require it.
But then it raises the question of consistency (without a guideline, we'll have
some places with * and some places without *).
It provides useful visual information.
auto foo = bar();
auto baz = &bla;
where's the pointer now? Sure, your IDE probably will autocomplete
operator-> as needed but to me it just feels odd, visually. In any case,
I'll continue mandating that in code I maintain, even if it's not
official policy.
Though I also thought the reference would be implied by auto but
apparently it is not.
Cheers
Kai Uwe
