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

I agree with Ferruccio. The first style might be preferred by some in order to pull the end() call out of the loop.

I might also add that C++0x will actually make both versions much cleaner:

for (auto iter = container.begin(); iter != container.end(); ++iter)
{
   ...
}

auto iter = container.begin();
auto endIter = container.end();
for (; iter != endIter; ++iter)
{
   ...
}