/Zc:forScope (Force Conformance in for Loop Scope)

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Used to implement standard C++ behavior for for loops with Microsoft extensions (/Ze). /Zc:forScope is on by default.

/Zc:forScope[-]

Remarks

Standard behavior is to let a for loop's initializer go out of scope after the for loop. Under /Za, /Ze (Disable Language Extensions), the for loop's initializer remains in scope until the local scope ends.

The following code will compile under /Ze but not under /Za:

// zc_forScope.cpp
// compile with: /Zc:forScope- /Za
// C2065 expected
int main() {
   // Uncomment the following line to resolve.
   // int i;
   for (int i =0; i < 1; i++)
      ;
   i = 20;   // i has already gone out of scope under /Za
}

If you use /Zc:forScope-, you will get a warning (off by default) if a variable is in scope because of a declaration that was made in a previous scope. To demonstrate this, remove the // characters in the above code to declare int i.

You can modify the run-time behavior of /Zc:forScope with the conform pragma.

If you use /Zc:forScope- in a project with an existing .pch file, /Zc:forScope- is ignored (with a warning) and compilation continues with the existing .pch files. If you want a new .pch file generated, use /Yc (Create Precompiled Header File).

For more information about conformance issues with Visual C++, see Nonstandard Behavior.

To set this compiler option in the Visual Studio development environment

  1. Open the project's Property Pages dialog box. For details, see Working with Project Properties.

  2. Click the C/C++ folder.

  3. Click the Language property page.

  4. Modify the Force Conformance in For Loop Scope property.

To set this compiler option programmatically

See Also

Reference

/Zc (Conformance)

/Za, /Ze (Disable Language Extensions)