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On 10/21/2013 5:13 AM, Benjamin Kaduk wrote:
>
>>     37
>>     38 /* Assume ISO C++ 'for' scoping rule.  */
>>     39 #define for if (0) ; else for
>
> StackOverflow (!) [1] suggests that they're a workaround for a bug in 
> old versions of Visual Studio.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/b80153d8%28v=vs.90%29.aspx also 
documents it.  Visual C++ 6 was released in 1998, which was 
unfortunately the same year as the first ISO C++ standard.

-- 
Bruce Cran