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- From: Mark Nelson <markn@airmail.net>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Does Borland share these MSVC++ problems?
- Date: Sun, 24 Mar 1996 16:18:24 -0600
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- >
- > >1. Do index variables declared in the for statement persist after the
- > loop?
- > >
- > Yes, but this is subject to change in future releases as the new
- > ANSI/ISO standard is implemented by the compiler developers.
- > I have not yet received BC++5.0 (I got the books but no compiler) so
- > I can not say how index vars are handled in that version.
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- Borland C++ 5.0 limits the scope to the loop, as the standard dictates.
- (Breaking code right and left, but it's not their fault!)
-
- >
- > >2. Is there no `bool' builtin type?
- > >
- > As of MSVC++ 4.1, and BC++ 4.52, no. Again, subject to change --
- > in fact, reading BC++ 5.0 literature, bool is implemented
- > in that version.
-
- Correct.
-
- Mark Nelson
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