hi thomas,
iac, if we want to do something N times, we just want to loop without thinking about integer ranges or incrementing integers ;) And this is exactly what Boost.Range does ;) Honestly, I don't see the added advantage the proposed boost::loop gives since for_each is a more or less standardized name for a function iterating over some range, where boost.range gives you the facilities to loop over a range of integers. Also my visual preferences don't see the extra few characters you need to type as visual noise. True it adds verbosity, however, the added verbosity highlights the intend (this is also true for the range based for loops in C++11 as Andrey proposed). Additionally, the boost range solution gives you the flexibility to use any range (from adapting the start of the range to specifying the step).
i think there are different intentions. the question is: what do you want to express? * iterate over a range of integers * do something N times boost.range is wonderful to express the first case! my proposal tries to add expressive power for the second ... again comparing this to ruby: (0..9).each {|i| print i, "\n"} 10.times {|i| print i, "\n"} or supercollider: (0..9).do (_.postln) 10.do (_.postln) one does not need to know these languages to see that the developer wants to express different things ;) cheers, tim