for in D versus C and C++

[Walter Bright]

Steve Teale wrote:
> I just find this scary, because although it says at the top of the
> page "most of this will be familiar to C/C++ programmers" this little
> fact means I have to go through all of the familiar constructs with a
> fine tooth comb.

It shouldn't be scary, because the idea is if some common C struct is 
not acceptable in D, one gets a decent compiler error message. A scary 
thing would be if the code was silently accepted but did something 
different.

> Also, nobody is answering the question. I can work out the
> alternatives, but I'd just prefer it if existing code worked. I used
> to use the idiom I quote all the time.

I'm not understanding your question, then.