Get value without explicit typecasting

[mprat]

I was wondering if there was a way to get the underlying value of an object without explicit typecasting. Here is what I mean:

json j = R"({"int_type": 3})"_json;

auto i_what_is_this = j["int_type"];

// to get an int, I need to explicitly typecast
auto i_int = j["int_type"].get<int>();

JSON natively supports different types, so is there a way to use that underling type to get auto i = j["int_type"]; to be of type int without explicitly typecasting?

[gregmarr]

No, the type in the object is a runtime type, and auto requires compile-time types. In this case, i_what_is_this is json.

[nlohmann]

@gregmarr is right. The only stylistic choice you have is to replace

auto i_int = j["int_type"].get<int>();

by

int i_int = j["int_type"];