[boost] Re: looping construct

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-21 10:12:45

Daniel Wallin wrote:

> 
>   xxx::for_each(cont, _1 += 2);
> 
> IMO C++ isn't missing a loop construct, it's missing a lambda construct.
> 

IMO, C++ is missing a foreach construct *and* a lambda construct. :-) 
When the loop body is non-trivial, writing it as a lambda would make the 
code hard to follow. I shudder at the thought of a lambda that takes up 
more than a few lines. A foreach construct would make it easier to read, 
in that case.

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Eric Niebler
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