From 280b82c8acacfce7be90b108685dd62e080ce53d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Gerity <snoopjedi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 14:36:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Document lack of support for `auto` for C++ variables (#1125)

---
 Doc/Manual/CPlusPlus11.html | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Doc/Manual/CPlusPlus11.html b/Doc/Manual/CPlusPlus11.html
index 11335a251..e5d7fbc2d 100644
--- a/Doc/Manual/CPlusPlus11.html
+++ b/Doc/Manual/CPlusPlus11.html
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ int i; int j;
 decltype(i+j) k;  // syntax error
 </pre></div>
 
+<p>SWIG does not support <tt>auto</tt> as a type specifier for variables, only
+for specifying the return type of <a href="#CPlusPlus11_lambda_functions_and_expressions">lambdas</a>
+and <a href="#CPlusPlus11_alternate_function_syntax">functions</a>.</p>
+
 <H3><a name="CPlusPlus11_range_based_for_loop">7.2.7 Range-based for-loop</a></H3>