[boost] Re: BOOST_FOREACH review results

From: Eric Niebler (eric_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-05-06 13:33:59

Joel de Guzman wrote:
> Dave Harris wrote:
> 
>> In-Reply-To: <989aceac050505060373e68a1_at_[hidden]>
>> caleb.epstein_at_[hidden] (Caleb Epstein) wrote (abridged):
>>
>>>> What about the name? Shouldn't it be "BOOST_FOR_EACH"?
>>>
>>>
>>> Why?  Because of the distinct English words?
>>
>>
>>
>> Yes. And for consistency with other C++ macros, algorithms and keywords.
>> I've argued at greater length in the other thread.
> 
> 
> FWIW, I agree with Dave on this. We should not pretend it's a keyword.
> It's not. Also, Peter noted that the proper spelling for the keyword 
> would be "for". So, if we try to follow that, it would have to be 
> spelled: "BOOST_FOR", which IMO is a lot better.
> 

I really don't care what it's called, but how are we to pick amongst 
BOOST_FOREACH, BOOST_FOR_EACH and BOOST_FOR? Straw poll?

Also, I see:
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2004/n1650.html#85

but I'm not aware of any official proposal to add this to the standard 
with this or any other syntax. And the motivation for prefering "for" 
over "foreach" or "for each" is to avoid adding a new keyword, not out 
of any sense of aesthetics. We are not so constrained. IMO, FOREACH 
reads better than FOR.

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Eric Niebler
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