A possible suggestion for the Foreach loop
Timon Gehr
timon.gehr at gmx.ch
Thu Aug 22 06:02:55 PDT 2013
On 08/21/2013 10:53 PM, Dylan Knutson wrote:
>>
>
> I do like the idea of it being called 'static foreach' instead of
> 'foreach', to keep in step with how the rest of the language handles
> other compile time constructs (static assert). Plus, as you said in your
> bugreport, visual disambiguation between that and a runtime foreach is
> nice feedback for the programmer to pick up instantly.
It's important to keep them separate regardless. static foreach is close
to useless if it introduces a new scope for its body.
I.e.:
int main(){
foreach(_;Seq!int){
int x;
}
return x; // error
}
int main(){
static foreach(_;Seq!int){
int x;
}
return x; // ok
}
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