Re: [boost] A PP trick to define a synchronized block java-like macro

Subject: Re: [boost] A PP trick to define a synchronized block java-like macro
From: Peter Bartlett (pete_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-21 03:46:37

Quoting John Bytheway <jbytheway+boost_at_[hidden]>:

> if (bool stop_ = false) {} else
> for (VARS DECLARATION; !stop_; stop_ = true)
>
> which I'd consider more readable (Thanks to BOOST_FOREACH for this trick).
>
> John Bytheway

The other trick in this part of the book is to use nested fors, which  
can give you slightly more flexibility. FOREACH does this too, IIRC.