From -6783064668260016599 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,de99e5c46dfe5a28 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public From: clamage@Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Clamage) Subject: Re: Multiple declarations in for loop? Date: 1998/05/19 Message-ID: <6jsdc4$fvr@engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 354701508 Approved: Fergus Henderson References: <356196A0.4214@lehman.com> X-Original-Date: 19 May 1998 16:52:20 GMT Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc. X-Auth: PGPMoose V1.1 PGP comp.std.c++ iQBFAgUANWHOLeEDnX0m9pzZAQEE6wGAmWfa1qV4Nd+JZz+eUn9W3yLsSmybPPSl S0M2aMc5oPaQTti9OUVpWO4cxgEVoZtN =zwcb Reply-To: clamage@Eng.Sun.COM Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ 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. --- Steve Clamage, stephen.clamage@sun.com --- [ 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 ]