Is Iterator initialization inside for loop considered bad style, and why?

Question

Typically you will find STL code like this:

for (SomeClass::SomeContainer::iterator Iter = m_SomeMemberContainerVar.begin(); Iter != m_SomeMemberContainerVar.end         


        

Answer 1

You can throw braces around the initialization and loop if you are concerned about scope. Often what I'll do is declare iterators at the start of the function and reuse them throughout the program.