Loops and auto

This example shows how auto can be used to shorten type declaration for for loops

std::map<int, std::string> Map;
for (auto pair : Map)            //    pair = std::pair<int, std::string>
for (const auto pair : Map)      //    pair = const std::pair<int, std::string>    
for (const auto& pair : Map)     //    pair = const std::pair<int, std::string>&
for (auto i = 0; i < 1000; ++i)        //    i = int
for (auto i = 0; i < Map.size(); ++i)  //    Note that i = int and not size_t
for (auto i = Map.size(); i > 0; --i)  //    i = size_t

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