Is there an equivalent to the “for … else” Python loop in C++?

Question

Python has an interesting for statement which lets you specify an else clause.

In a construct like this one:

for i in foo:
  if         


        

Answer 1

Direct answer: no, you probably can't, or it is compiler-based, at best. BUT here's a hack of a macro that kind of works!

A few notes:

I usually program with Qt, so I'm used to having a foreach loop, and never have to deal with iterators directly.

I tested this with Qt's compiler (v 5.4.2) but it should work. This is gross for several reasons, but generally does what you'd want. I don't condone coding like this, but there's no reason it shouldn't work as long as you're careful with the syntax.

#include 
#include 

#define for_else(x, y) __broke__ = false; for(x){y} if (__broke__) {}
#define __break__ __broke__ = true; break

bool __broke__;  // A global... wah wah.

class Bacon {
  public:
    Bacon(bool eggs);

    inline bool Eggs() {return eggs_;}

  private:
    bool eggs_;
};

Bacon::Bacon(bool eggs) {
  eggs_ = eggs;
}

bool bar(Bacon *bacon) {
  return bacon->Eggs();
}

void baz() {
  std::cout << "called baz\n";
}

int main()
{
  std::vectorbacons;

  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(false));
  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(false));
  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(false));

  for_else (uint i = 0; i < bacons.size(); i++,
      std::cout << bacons.at(i)->Eggs();
      if (bar(bacons.at(i))) {
        __break__;
      }
  ) else {
    baz();
  }

  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(true));
  bacons.push_back(new Bacon(false));

  for_else (uint i = 0; i < bacons.size(); i++,
      std::cout << bacons.at(i)->Eggs();
      if (bar(bacons.at(i))) {
        __break__;
      }
  ) else {
    baz();
  }

  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}