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<clause number="12.3.3.9" title="For statements">
  <paragraph>Definite assignment checking for a for statement of the form: <code_example><![CDATA[
for (for-initializer; for-condition; for-iterator) embedded-statement  
]]></code_example>is done as if the statement were written: <code_example><![CDATA[
{  
   for-initializer;  
   while (for-condition) {  
      embedded-statement;  
      for-iterator;  
   }  
}  
]]></code_example></paragraph>
  <paragraph>If the <non_terminal where="15.8.3">for-condition</non_terminal> is omitted from the for statement, then evaluation of definite assignment proceeds as if <non_terminal where="15.8.3">for-condition</non_terminal> were replaced with true in the above expansion. </paragraph>
</clause>
