[boost] Re: any interest in a foreach looping construct?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-10-09 17:36:16

"Powell, Gary" <powellg_at_[hidden]> writes:

> I'm sorry but Yuck. 

OK.

> *) Macros have a nasty and well known scoping problem.

Just think of it as a keyword ;-)

Seriously, Boost is full of macros.  Why is this one especially bad?

> *) "for(;;){}" works really well for this case.

Not really well, IMO.  There are plenty of well-known problems, not
least the need to declare iterators.

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