[boost] Re: Formal Review: FOREACH macro

From: Pavel Vozenilek (pavel_vozenilek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-03 11:37:40

"Eric Niebler" wrote:

>> BOOST_FOR_EACH ...
>> Is there a compelling reason to omit the second underline?
>>
>
>
> I don't think there's a /compelling/ reason, but here's my thought 
> process:
>
> * This isn't an algorithm, so I don't want to evoke std::for_each.
> * It's like a new keyword, and some other languages have "foreach" as a 
> keyword.
>
> Anyway, I'm not married to the name, and I'd gladly change it if people 
> preferred to type an extra underscore. :-)
>
No, please.

I'd rather like to know whether I can do a
    #define FOREACH(...) BOOST_FOREACH(...)
in my code.

/Pavel