From 6359620209326543853 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,de99e5c46dfe5a28 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: Cristian Georgescu Subject: Re: Multiple declarations in for loop? Date: 1998/05/22 Message-ID: <35657A4B.597@lehman.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 355596406 Approved: Fergus Henderson Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <356196A0.4214@lehman.com> <6jsdc4$fvr@engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM> <6jutcg$96n@marianna.psu.edu> X-Original-Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 09:14:51 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: cgeorges@lehman.COM Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Lehman Brothers X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUANWWsXuEDnX0m9pzZAQHAfgGAlsifgdVAd4saTg1jF5PtZSwxrL+psrFC WH4ialqKIbQzJMNmmsvuub4Mpxv0x0/o =PnE8 Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ > Steve Clamage wrote: > : In article 4214@lehman.com, Cristian Georgescu writes: > : >> Only one simple-declaration is allowed. The following declares i and j as > : >> you wish > : >> for (int i=0, j=0; i<10,j<10; i++, j++) ... > : > > : >Is there a reason for this limitation (only one simple declaration); > : >why not: > : > > : > for (int i=0, unsigned int j=0; i<10,j<10; i++, j++) ... > > : You can't write > : int i=0, unsigned int j=0; > : in any context, so it would be odd to allow it in a for-loop header. > : The comma in a declaration separates declarators, it doesn't end > : a declaration. The need to declare more than one local variable in a for loop arises very ofter, and I was looking for a way to do it. Of course, one can always surround the for loop in curly brackets. -- Cristian Georgescu _________________________________________________ email: CGeorges@lehman.com tel: (212) 526-3502 _/ _/_/_/_/ Lehman Brothers _/ _/ _/ Equity Finance Systems _/ _/_/_/_/ World Financial Center _/ _/ _/ 200 Vesey Street _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ New York, NY 10285. _________________________________________________ --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://reality.sgi.com/austern_mti/std-c++/faq.html ]