C++11 range-based for loops without loop variable

Question

In C++ I need to iterate a certain number of times, but I don\'t need an iteration variable. For example:

for( int x=0; x<10; ++x ) {
    /* code goes her         


        

Answer 1

In my opinion you misuse the range-based loop. The range-based loop should be used when the logic is: "for each element in the collection do something". The whole idea is to get rid of the index variable since it isn't important. If you have a collection, you should instrument it with the necessary APIs to enable range-based iteration. If you don't have a collection, you have no business to use range-based loop (actually, that's what the compiler implies in not-so-informative way). In this situation a normal for/while loop is the natural choice.