diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/aggregate.h
--- a/dmd/aggregate.h	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/aggregate.h	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
     ClassInfoDeclaration *vclassinfo;	// the ClassInfo object for this ClassDeclaration
     int com;				// !=0 if this is a COM class (meaning
 					// it derives from IUnknown)
-    int isauto;				// !=0 if this is an auto class
+    int isscope;			// !=0 if this is a scope class
     int isabstract;			// !=0 if abstract class
 
     int isnested;			// !=0 if is nested
diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/class.c
--- a/dmd/class.c	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/class.c	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     }
 
     com = 0;
-    isauto = 0;
+    isscope = 0;
     isabstract = 0;
     isnested = 0;
     vthis = NULL;
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
 
 	// Inherit properties from base class
 	com = baseClass->isCOMclass();
-	isauto = baseClass->isauto;
+	isscope = baseClass->isscope;
 	vthis = baseClass->vthis;
     }
     else
@@ -529,8 +529,10 @@
 	}
     }
 
-    if (storage_class & (STCauto | STCscope))
-	isauto = 1;
+    if (storage_class & STCauto)
+	error("storage class has no effect: auto");
+    if (storage_class & STCscope)
+	isscope = 1;
     if (storage_class & STCabstract)
 	isabstract = 1;
 
diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/declaration.c
--- a/dmd/declaration.c	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/declaration.c	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@
 #endif
     this->loc = loc;
     offset = 0;
-    noauto = 0;
+    noscope = 0;
     nestedref = 0;
     ctorinit = 0;
     aliassym = NULL;
@@ -747,6 +747,8 @@
 	    error("no definition of struct %s", ts->toChars());
 	}
     }
+    if ((storage_class & STCauto) && !inferred)
+	error("storage class has no effect: auto");
 
     if (tb->ty == Ttuple)
     {   /* Instead, declare variables for each of the tuple elements
@@ -862,14 +864,14 @@
 	}
     }
 
-    if (type->isauto() && !noauto)
+    if (type->isscope() && !noscope)
     {
 	if (storage_class & (STCfield | STCout | STCref | STCstatic) || !fd)
 	{
-	    error("globals, statics, fields, ref and out parameters cannot be auto");
+	    error("globals, statics, fields, ref and out parameters cannot be scope");
 	}
 
-	if (!(storage_class & (STCauto | STCscope)))
+	if (!(storage_class & STCscope))
 	{
 	    if (!(storage_class & STCparameter) && ident != Id::withSym)
 		error("reference to scope class must be scope");
@@ -1222,15 +1224,15 @@
 }
 
 /******************************************
- * If a variable has an auto destructor call, return call for it.
+ * If a variable has an scope destructor call, return call for it.
  * Otherwise, return NULL.
  */
 
-Expression *VarDeclaration::callAutoDtor()
+Expression *VarDeclaration::callScopeDtor()
 {   Expression *e = NULL;
 
-    //printf("VarDeclaration::callAutoDtor() %s\n", toChars());
-    if (storage_class & (STCauto | STCscope) && !noauto)
+    //printf("VarDeclaration::callScopeDtor() %s\n", toChars());
+    if (storage_class & STCscope && !noscope)
     {
 	for (ClassDeclaration *cd = type->isClassHandle();
 	     cd;
@@ -1430,7 +1432,7 @@
 ThisDeclaration::ThisDeclaration(Loc loc, Type *t)
    : VarDeclaration(loc, t, Id::This, NULL)
 {
-    noauto = 1;
+    noscope = 1;
 }
 
 Dsymbol *ThisDeclaration::syntaxCopy(Dsymbol *s)
diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/declaration.h
--- a/dmd/declaration.h	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/declaration.h	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
     int isConst()        { return storage_class & STCconst; }
     int isInvariant()    { return 0; }
     int isAuto()         { return storage_class & STCauto; }
-    int isScope()        { return storage_class & (STCscope | STCauto); }
+    int isScope()        { return storage_class & STCscope; }
     int isSynchronized() { return storage_class & STCsynchronized; }
     int isParameter()    { return storage_class & STCparameter; }
     int isDeprecated()   { return storage_class & STCdeprecated; }
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 {
     Initializer *init;
     unsigned offset;
-    int noauto;			// no auto semantics
+    int noscope;		// no scope semantics
     int nestedref;		// referenced by a lexically nested function
     int ctorinit;		// it has been initialized in a ctor
     int onstack;		// 1: it has been allocated on the stack
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@
     int isImportedSymbol();
     int isDataseg();
     int hasPointers();
-    Expression *callAutoDtor();
+    Expression *callScopeDtor();
     ExpInitializer *getExpInitializer();
     void checkCtorConstInit();
     void checkNestedReference(Scope *sc, Loc loc);
diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/expression.c
--- a/dmd/expression.c	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/expression.c	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -3993,8 +3993,8 @@
 	// if reference type
 	if (tb->ty == Tarray || tb->ty == Tsarray || tb->ty == Tclass)
 	{
-	    if ((v->isAuto() || v->isScope()) && !v->noauto)
-		error("escaping reference to auto local %s", v->toChars());
+	    if (v->isScope() && !v->noscope)
+		error("escaping reference to scope local %s", v->toChars());
 	    else if (v->storage_class & STCvariadic)
 		error("escaping reference to variadic parameter %s", v->toChars());
 	}
diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/func.c
--- a/dmd/func.c	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/func.c	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
 	error("_ctor is reserved for constructors");
 
     if (isConst() || isAuto() || isScope())
-	error("functions cannot be const or auto");
+	error("functions cannot be const, auto or scope");
 
     if (isAbstract() && !isVirtual())
 	error("non-virtual functions cannot be abstract");
@@ -960,7 +960,7 @@
 		    loc = fensure->loc;
 
 		v = new VarDeclaration(loc, type->nextOf(), outId, NULL);
-		v->noauto = 1;
+		v->noscope = 1;
 		sc2->incontract--;
 		v->semantic(sc2);
 		sc2->incontract++;
diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/mtype.c
--- a/dmd/mtype.c	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/mtype.c	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@
     return NULL;
 }
 
-int Type::isauto()
+int Type::isscope()
 {
     return FALSE;
 }
@@ -1996,8 +1996,8 @@
 	    tbn = next = tint32;
 	    break;
     }
-    if (tbn->isauto())
-	error(loc, "cannot have array of auto %s", tbn->toChars());
+    if (tbn->isscope())
+	error(loc, "cannot have array of scope %s", tbn->toChars());
     return merge();
 }
 
@@ -2159,8 +2159,8 @@
 	    tn = next = tint32;
 	    break;
     }
-    if (tn->isauto())
-	error(loc, "cannot have array of auto %s", tn->toChars());
+    if (tn->isscope())
+	error(loc, "cannot have array of scope %s", tn->toChars());
     if (next != tn)
 	//deco = NULL;			// redo
 	return tn->arrayOf();
@@ -2358,8 +2358,8 @@
 	    error(loc, "can't have associative array of %s", next->toChars());
 	    break;
     }
-    if (next->isauto())
-	error(loc, "cannot have array of auto %s", next->toChars());
+    if (next->isscope())
+	error(loc, "cannot have array of scope %s", next->toChars());
 
     return merge();
 }
@@ -2996,8 +2996,8 @@
     {	error(loc, "functions cannot return a tuple");
 	tf->next = Type::terror;
     }
-    if (tf->next->isauto() && !(sc->flags & SCOPEctor))
-	error(loc, "functions cannot return auto %s", tf->next->toChars());
+    if (tf->next->isscope() && !(sc->flags & SCOPEctor))
+	error(loc, "functions cannot return scope %s", tf->next->toChars());
 
     if (tf->parameters)
     {	size_t dim = Argument::dim(tf->parameters);
@@ -5068,9 +5068,9 @@
     return sym;
 }
 
-int TypeClass::isauto()
-{
-    return sym->isauto;
+int TypeClass::isscope()
+{
+    return sym->isscope;
 }
 
 int TypeClass::isBaseOf(Type *t, int *poffset)
diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/mtype.h
--- a/dmd/mtype.h	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/mtype.h	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
     virtual int iscomplex();
     virtual int isscalar();
     virtual int isunsigned();
-    virtual int isauto();
+    virtual int isscope();
     virtual int isString();
     virtual int checkBoolean();	// if can be converted to boolean value
     void checkDeprecated(Loc loc, Scope *sc);
@@ -692,7 +692,7 @@
     Expression *defaultInit(Loc loc);
     int isZeroInit(Loc loc);
     MATCH deduceType(Scope *sc, Type *tparam, TemplateParameters *parameters, Objects *dedtypes);
-    int isauto();
+    int isscope();
     int checkBoolean();
     TypeInfoDeclaration *getTypeInfoDeclaration();
     int hasPointers();
diff -r ad7f2f1862d6 dmd/statement.c
--- a/dmd/statement.c	Fri Jul 10 21:30:02 2009 +0200
+++ b/dmd/statement.c	Sun Jul 12 16:13:16 2009 +0200
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@
 	    if (v)
 	    {	Expression *e;
 
-		e = v->callAutoDtor();
+		e = v->callScopeDtor();
 		if (e)
 		{
 		    //printf("dtor is: "); e->print();
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@
 	    {	VarDeclaration *v;
 
 		v = new VarDeclaration(loc, tret, Id::result, NULL);
-		v->noauto = 1;
+		v->noscope = 1;
 		v->semantic(sc);
 		if (!sc->insert(v))
 		    assert(0);
@@ -1961,7 +1961,7 @@
 
 	Type *t = arg->type ? arg->type : condition->type;
 	match = new VarDeclaration(loc, t, arg->ident, NULL);
-	match->noauto = 1;
+	match->noscope = 1;
 	match->semantic(scd);
 	if (!scd->insert(match))
 	    assert(0);
@@ -2931,7 +2931,7 @@
 	    if (!fd->vresult)
 	    {	// Declare vresult
 		VarDeclaration *v = new VarDeclaration(loc, tret, Id::result, NULL);
-		v->noauto = 1;
+		v->noscope = 1;
 		v->semantic(scx);
 		if (!scx->insert(v))
 		    assert(0);
