In article <38CAF26F.AF099263@hotmail.com>, Tor Olav Kristensen 
<tor### [at] onlineno> wrote:

> Hmmm...Your for loops looks like c-syntax to me.

Yes.


> Would you suggest that one allowed similar things 
> to be allowed in a for-loop declaration in the 
> POV-language that one allows in C?
> 
> E.g. initialize several variables, call other 
> functions/macros within the declaration itself etc. ?
> 
> If not, then I my opinion is that one should 
> choose another syntax for the for-loop that doesn't 
> make the users believe that the same rules applies 
> as in C.

I don't see any reason not to support the full C syntax(other than 
possible difficulty in supporting some things). The only differences 
would be the # in front of the keyword and a #end instead of a {} block.


> And: Wouldn't it be better that the control 
> variable(s) in a for-loop is local to the for-loop?

Hmm, I'm not sure here...I think it would be a good idea when considered 
alone, but no other variables are local to a loop or conditional. As far 
as I know, #local only affects include files and macros. Having a single 
exception made for the #for(;;) loop might not be a good idea.

-- 
Chris Huff
e-mail: chr### [at] yahoocom
Web page: http://chrishuff.dhs.org/

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