Does that mean the following would parse as a do expression?
```javascript
function foo () {
return
do {
1;
}
while (true);
}
```
On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:43 AM, Caitlin Potter <[email protected]>
wrote:
> current impl in v8 is to only parse do-expressions in expression contexts
> (as a PrimaryExpr, iirc). So it never gets mixed up with do-while loops,
> which is fine (imo).
>
> I recall seeing discussion about this in tc39 notes at some point, afaik
> the conclusion was that do-expressions dont work in Statement contexts,
> because theres no use case
>
> > On Feb 22, 2016, at 11:38 AM, Bradley Meck <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > how will people distinguish `do ... while` from `do` expressions? I
> tried to find the exact grammar but couldn't after a bit of searching.
> >
> > For example in current JS,
> >
> > ```
> > do {
> > console.log(1);
> > }
> > while (true);
> > ```
> >
> > would cause infinite number of `console.log`s. But if the `do` is seen
> as an expression statement it would only log once.
> >
> > Any pointer to where the grammar is discussed would be quite helpful.
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