On Monday 15 December 2008 4:24:12 pm James Dennett wrote: > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Dave Steffen <dave.stef...@numerica.us> wrote:
> > I'm looking at the "C++0x Language Support in GCC" page > > (http://gcc.gnu.org/projects/cxx0x.html) with anticipation. One > > thing I *don't* see listed at all is status for the new for-loop > > (paper N2778 I believe). Is this an oversight? > > Presumably. > > > (I love Boost's FOREACH macro, it's a wonder of metaprogramming, > > but I'm still looking forward to dumping it in favor of the > > language-supported equivalent.) > > conceptgcc has it, and it does indeed depend on concepts, so > mainline g++ might not get the new for syntax for some while. Ah, thanks very much. > It would be possible to fake it to some extent before concepts are > supported in mainline g++, but I'm not sure if that's worth the > trouble. I'm inclined to agree, although with auto variables (to be present in 4.4 IIRC), a reasonable facsimilie might not be too hard to cook up. Anyway, thanks very much for the info. Looking forward to 4.4. -- Dave Steffen, Software Engineer, Numerica Corporation <www.numerica.us>
