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- development of high quality, expert reviewed, legally unencumbered, open-source libraries,
- inspiring standard enhancements, and
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December 2024
Dec. 11, 2024: Boost 1.87.0 releaseForeach
In C++, writing a loop that iterates over a sequence is tedious. We can either use iterators, which requires a considerable amount of boiler-plate, or we can use the std::for_each() algorithm and move our loop body into a predicate, which requires no less boiler-plate and forces us to move our logic far from where it will be used. In contrast, some other languages, like Perl, provide a dedicated "foreach" construct that automates this process. BOOST_FOREACH is just such a construct for C++. It iterates over sequences for us, freeing us from having to deal directly with iterators or write predicates.Added in 1.34.0
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