+1, I cringed when Herb Sutter released the 'Almost Always Auto' C++ presentation on YouTube. Sure, auto has its place, and I personally use it, but I just knew that less experience devs would go nuts with it, and it'd only make their lives easier for a short time.
Whether that's really what you want and whether that is the best approach to solve the problem at hand is a matter of preference and the problem space.
It is also allows for a "gradual typing" approach that Dart 1 had.
