关于++i和i++，不仅仅是循环和性能差异。++i返回一个l值，i++返回一个r值。基于此，可以对(++i)执行许多操作，但不能对(i++)执行许多操作。

1- It is illegal to take the address of post increment result. Compiler won't even allow you.
2- Only constant references to post increment can exist, i.e., of the form const T&.
3- You cannot apply another post increment or decrement to the result of i++, i.e., there is no such thing as I++++. This would be parsed as ( i ++ ) ++ which is illegal.
4- When overloading pre-/post-increment and decrement operators, programmers are encouraged to define post- increment/decrement operators like:

T& operator ++ ( )
{
   // logical increment
   return *this;
}

const T operator ++ ( int )
{
    T temp( *this );
    ++*this;
    return temp;
}

下面是一个Java-Sample和字节码，后增量和前增量显示字节码没有区别:

public class PreOrPostIncrement {

    static int somethingToIncrement = 0;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        final int rounds = 1000;
        postIncrement(rounds);
        preIncrement(rounds);
    }

    private static void postIncrement(final int rounds) {
        for (int i = 0; i < rounds; i++) {
            somethingToIncrement++;
        }
    }

    private static void preIncrement(final int rounds) {
        for (int i = 0; i < rounds; ++i) {
            ++somethingToIncrement;
        }
    }
}

现在对于字节码(javap -private -c PreOrPostIncrement):

public class PreOrPostIncrement extends java.lang.Object{
static int somethingToIncrement;

static {};
Code:
0:  iconst_0
1:  putstatic   #10; //Field somethingToIncrement:I
4:  return

public PreOrPostIncrement();
Code:
0:  aload_0
1:  invokespecial   #15; //Method java/lang/Object."<init>":()V
4:  return

public static void main(java.lang.String[]);
Code:
0:  sipush  1000
3:  istore_1
4:  sipush  1000
7:  invokestatic    #21; //Method postIncrement:(I)V
10: sipush  1000
13: invokestatic    #25; //Method preIncrement:(I)V
16: return

private static void postIncrement(int);
Code:
0:  iconst_0
1:  istore_1
2:  goto    16
5:  getstatic   #10; //Field somethingToIncrement:I
8:  iconst_1
9:  iadd
10: putstatic   #10; //Field somethingToIncrement:I
13: iinc    1, 1
16: iload_1
17: iload_0
18: if_icmplt   5
21: return

private static void preIncrement(int);
Code:
0:  iconst_0
1:  istore_1
2:  goto    16
5:  getstatic   #10; //Field somethingToIncrement:I
8:  iconst_1
9:  iadd
10: putstatic   #10; //Field somethingToIncrement:I
13: iinc    1, 1
16: iload_1
17: iload_0
18: if_icmplt   5
21: return

}

如果在循环中不使用增量之后的值，则没有区别。

for (int i = 0; i < 4; ++i){
cout<<i;       
}
for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++){
cout<<i;       
}

这两个循环都输出0123。

但是当你在循环中使用自增/自减后的值时，区别就来了:

预增量循环:

for (int i = 0,k=0; i < 4; k=++i){
cout<<i<<" ";       
cout<<k<<" "; 
}

输出: 0 0 1 2 - 2 3个3

增量后循环:

for (int i = 0, k=0; i < 4; k=i++){
cout<<i<<" ";       
cout<<k<<" "; 
}

输出: 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 - 2

我希望通过比较输出可以清楚地看出差异。这里需要注意的是，递增/递减总是在for循环的末尾执行，因此结果可以解释。

要理解FOR循环的作用

上图显示FOR可以转换为WHILE，因为它们最终具有完全相同的汇编代码(至少在gcc中)。所以我们可以把FOR分解成几部分，来理解它的功能。

for (i = 0; i < 5; ++i) {
  DoSomethingA();
  DoSomethingB();
}

等于WHILE版本

i = 0; //first argument (a statement) of for
while (i < 5 /*second argument (a condition) of for*/) {
  DoSomethingA();
  DoSomethingB();
  ++i; //third argument (another statement) of for
}

It means that you can use FOR as a simple version of WHILE: The first argument of FOR (int i) is executed, outside, before the loop. The third argument of FOR (i++ or ++i) is executed, inside, in the last line of the loop. TL:DR: no matter whether i++ or ++i, we know that when they are standalone, they make no difference but +1 on themselves. In school, they usually teach the i++ way, but there are also lots of people prefer the ++i way due to several reasons. NOTE: In the past, i++ has very little impact on the performance, as it does not only plus one by itself, but also keeps the original value in the register. But for now, it makes no difference as the compiler makes the plus one part the same.

a++被称为后缀。

a加1，返回原来的值。

++a被称为前缀。

对a加1，返回新值。

C#:

string[] items = {"a","b","c","d"};
int i = 0;
foreach (string item in items)
{
    Console.WriteLine(++i);
}
Console.WriteLine("");

i = 0;
foreach (string item in items)
{
    Console.WriteLine(i++);
}

输出:

1
2
3
4

0
1
2
3

Foreach和while循环取决于您使用的增量类型。对于下面这样的for循环，它没有什么区别，因为你没有使用i的返回值:

for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { Console.Write(i);}
Console.WriteLine("");
for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i) { Console.Write(i); }

0, 1, 2, 3, 4 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

如果使用所计算的值，则增量类型变得显著:

int n = 0;
for (int i = 0; n < 5; n = i++) { }

既然你问了循环中的区别，我猜你的意思是

for(int i=0; i<10; i++) 
    ...;

在这种情况下，你在大多数语言中没有什么不同:无论你写i++还是++i，循环的行为都是一样的。在c++中，你可以编写自己版本的++操作符，如果i是用户定义的类型(例如，你自己的类)，你可以为它们定义不同的含义。

上面的原因并不重要，因为您没有使用i++的值。另一件事是你做的时候

for(int i=0, a = 0; i<10; a = i++) 
    ...;

现在，有一个区别，因为正如其他人指出的那样，i++意味着增量，但求值到之前的值，但++i意味着增量，但求值到i(因此它将求值到新值)。在上面的例子中，a被赋给i之前的值，而i是递增的。