foreach syntax

[Dejan Lekic]

On Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:47:28 +0200, Namespace wrote:

> A friend of mine ask me why D's foreach isn't like C#
> 
> Means, why is it like int[] arr = [1, 2, 3];
> 
> foreach (int val; arr) {
> 
> and not foreach (int val in arr) {
> 
> which it is more intuitive.
> 
> I could give him no clever answer to, so maybe someone here knows the
> reasons.


Because
1) "in" is a D keyword
2) D has even shorter syntax: foreach(val; arr) {}


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