gistfile1.cpp

// C++11 offers type inference. That can cut both ways:

std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::string>> my_vec;
// OUCH:
std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::string>>::iterator current = my_vec.begin();

// Better, but still pretty verbose, and introduces a new name to grok.
typedef std::vector<std::map<std::string, std::string>> strmap_vec;
strmap_vec::iterator current = my_vec.begin();

// C++11 makes this super nice:
auto current = my_vec.begin(); // GREAT!

// BUT 'auto' is not without its perils
auto val = (*current)["query"].second;  // What is type of val?