Re: Fix for old style for scoping (e.g. MSVC)

From: bill_kempf (williamkempf_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-01-16 16:04:48

--- In boost_at_y..., Bill Seymour <bill-at-the-office_at_p...> wrote:
> Chico:  Hey, Doc; it hurts when I go like this.
> 
> Groucho:  Don't go like that.
> 
> I wouldn't want to see Boost impose a fix on the user.
> The best choice is for the MSVC user to not write code
> that depends on MSVC's quirks (or absence of quirks).
> 
> (We're talking about Boost users here.  They are
> probably not among those MSVC users who write BOOL
> instead of bool, or CString instead of string.)

The problem is that non-MSVC users can write code that won't compile 
on MSVC.

for (int i=0; i < 10; ++i)
{
}
for (int i=0; i < 20; ++i)
{
}

However, I don't like the fix and would hate to see it forced on me 
by Boost.  I think it's better to just avoid this, and fix any bugs 
when they are discovered.

Bill Kempf