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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { })
Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 15:57:00 +0200
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On 12.05.2025 02:30, Tim Rentsch wrote:
> [...]
> 
> Incidentally, a language change to C was once proposed, so that
> a do/while could also have an expression after the while().
> Note that this change is backwards compatible with C as it is,
> because a simple semicolon after while() is an empty statement.
> Adopting this proposal would mean that the language would allow,
> for example
> 
>    do {
>       // this part will always be done at least once
>       // and once more for each time 'condition' is true
>    } while(  condition  ){
>       // this part will be done zero or more times
>    }
> 
> allowing a convenient way of writing "loop-and-a-half" type
> loops.  [...]

This is an interesting proposal.

When was it suggested, and what is the decision state?

What were the arguments, pros and cons?

Janis