[fpc-devel] New feature discussion: for-in loop

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Thu, 22 Oct 2009, Paul Ishenin wrote:

> Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>
>> Hm.  I like this direction of thinking, yes...
>
> Hm. I like that after 100 mails of 'yes, I like them', 'no, I don't like 
> them' we finnaly moved to the initial idea of the tread - design and 
> implementation discussion :)
>
>> What about
>>
>>   function StepNext: Boolean; iterator 'movenext';
>>   property TheCurrentValue: Integer; iterator 'current';
>
> string are bad.
>
>> or better yet, because it is more strict:
>>
>>   function StepNext: Boolean; iterator nextvalue;
>>   property TheCurrentValue: Integer; iterator currentvalue;
>
> I like this one. Only not 'iterator nextvalue' and 'iterator currentvalue' 
> but 'iterator movenext' and 'iterator current' :)
>
> Or 'enumerator' instead of 'iterator' to be compatible with delphi 
> terminology ;)

Don't forget the remark by Sergei Gorelkin, that in fact a single
call could be enough.

Michael.