SZEDER Gábor <szeder.dev@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> IMHO it may be more trouble than it's worth. If we can't find a compiler >> that complains on this construct, then maybe it is not a construct worth >> worrying too much about. Absolutely. Of course, there are vendor compilers that are not GNU or clang that may throw us surprises ;-) > I for one like for loop initial declarations, because they allow us to > limit the scope of the loop variable to the loop, and would love to > see it used in more places (well, wherever possible, actually, but > that'd be a lot of churn). So I would prefer to just drop this job > sooner rather than later, update CodingGuidelines, and, if deemed > necessary, launch a weather balloon. I'd agree in general, but it must be done in a bit different order, i.e. weather balloon first.
