"Fredrik Lundh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> in some early C++ compilers, the scope for "x" was limited to the scope
> containing the for loop, not the for loop itself. some commercial
> compilers
> still default to that behaviour.
Indeed--and the standards committee dithered far too long before correcting
it.
The argument that finally swayed them was this:
If you change it, you will be ridiculed for a few years.
If you do not change it, you will be ridiculed for the rest of your
careers.
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