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@@ -819,8 +819,8 @@ for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i) {
 }
 </pre>
 
-<p>It may be more efficient to declare such a variable
-(which is used in a loop) outside that loop:</p>
+<p>It may be more efficient to declare such variables
+outside the loop, as in:</p>
 
 <pre>Foo f;  // My ctor and dtor get called once each.
 for (int i = 0; i &lt; 1000000; ++i) {