In PHP, iterating an array with a for loop could be done like this:
$SomeArray = array("Var1","Var2","Var3");
$Counter = count(SomeArray);
for($i = 0; $i < $Counter; $i++){
// Do something
}
Not using the $Counter variable is frowned upon, as
for($i = 0; $i < count($SomeArray); $i++){
// Do something
}
would've executed the count() function as many times as there are elements in the array, generating quite a lot of overhead.
In Ada I've found myself doing this:
for i in 1..SomeArray'Length loop
-- Do something
end loop;
Does Ada suffer from the same thing as PHP? Should I use a counter of sorts, like this
x : Natural := SomeArray'Length;
for i in 1..x loop
-- Do something
end loop;
Or is this even better:
for i in SomeArray'Range loop
-- Do something
end loop;