the_existing_compounds.md

About Existing Compound-Statements

ANSI-C Compound-Statements

From the very beginning of C there are the well known compound statements.

if(<cond>) {} else{}
while(<cond>) {}
do {} while(<cond>);
for(<decl>; <cond>;<expr>) {}
switch(<expr>) { case: ... default: ... }

with the related staments

break
continue

These compounds have not been changed since the time of creation K&R-C and ANSI-C.

Early C++ Compound-Statements

There is a the try-catch block compound stament, too.

try{ /* throw ....*/ } catch(...)   {}

New Compound-Statements in C++17

if(<declaration>;  <condition>) {} else{}               // if-init
switch(<declaration>;  <index>) { case.... default: }   // switch-init

Is it a LAW-OF-NATURE that there will NEVER be any other compound-statments in the future?