Lukas Gebauer wrote:
foreach ... in ... do adds no additional abstraction layer. I consider
foreach usefull if it allows to create own iterators which are as fast as
walking a linked list with p:=p^.next; Especially since it then allows
e.g. to write iterators with data prefetching.


Just my two cents:

For-in loops is standard part of Delphi-2006 pascal language. (Not only for .NET, it is for Win32 too!)

I think, if Freepascal wish to stay Delphi compatible, then is good idea to implement this features too. Look to next Pascal language enhancements in Delphi-2006... (like operator overloads or class variables...)

... which has fpc for years :)
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