Question

int myfun()
{
  return 42;
}

I know I can write

auto myvar = myfun();

but what if I just want to declare myvar (without using a common typedef)?

the_type_returned_by_myfun myvar;

What can be written instead of the_type_returned_by_myfun?

Answer 1

You can use decltype.

decltype(myfun()) myvar;
// or
typedef decltype(myfun()) myfun_ret;
myfun_ret myvar2;

And if the function happens to have parameters, you can produce fake parameters with std::declval.

#include <utility>

int my_other_fun(foo f);
typedef decltype(myfun(std::declval<foo>())) my_other_fun;