hi all -

i am doing my first extended csound program (a generative sound 
installation) with the amazing new features of current CS7.  it is such 
a pleasure to work this way, and it is also so interesting to see how 
big the impact of such a small change is that we can name variables now 
without the leading i/k/a etc.

one desire arose while working this way:
would it be possible to assign the type of a variable automatically if 
the context is unambiguous?  for instance:

	my_number = random:k(1,2)

here the variable my_number is obviously of type k.

or for p-field i would suggest to set i as default type, like

	freq = p4

in case there is another type, we can still write

	filename:S = p4

i have no idea whether this is possible and others agree, and if so, how 
complicated it might be.  certainly nothing urgent.

	joachim

thanks, yes; that's it indeed.
i added my examples as comment.

On 27/07/2025 15:43, Victor Lazzarini wrote:
> There is a longstanding enhancement issue on this
> https://github.com/csound/csound/issues/323  csound/issues/323>
> 
> 
> Prof. Victor Lazzarini
> Maynooth University
> Ireland
> 
>> On 27 Jul 2025, at 07:04, joachim heintz  wrote:
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>> hi all -
>>
>> i am doing my first extended csound program (a generative sound
>> installation) with the amazing new features of current CS7.  it is such
>> a pleasure to work this way, and it is also so interesting to see how
>> big the impact of such a small change is that we can name variables now
>> without the leading i/k/a etc.
>>
>> one desire arose while working this way:
>> would it be possible to assign the type of a variable automatically if
>> the context is unambiguous?  for instance:
>>
>>       my_number = random:k(1,2)
>>
>> here the variable my_number is obviously of type k.
>>
>> or for p-field i would suggest to set i as default type, like
>>
>>       freq = p4
>>
>> in case there is another type, we can still write
>>
>>       filename:S = p4
>>
>> i have no idea whether this is possible and others agree, and if so, how
>> complicated it might be.  certainly nothing urgent.
>>
>>       joachim