On Thursday, May 28, 2015 at 7:37:06 PM UTC-5, Alan Isaac wrote:
>
> Yes, the example is constructed to reveal that behavior.  But how am I 
> supposed to read the following documentation?
>
> "Runs the list of commands forever, or until the current procedure exits 
> through use of the stop 
> <http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/dictionary.html#stop> command 
> or the report 
> <http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/docs/dictionary.html#report> 
> command."
>

The wording is ambiguous. Here "current procedure" is meant to refer to the 
lexically enclosing procedure.
 
Perhaps this helps a little:
https://github.com/NetLogo/NetLogo/commit/ed6d178fafe5f5c97874b8756ea3461077df3e85

If you have an idea for better wording, let us know.
 

>
> This is further complicated by this additional documentation:
>
> "Note: In most circumstances, you should use a forever button in order to 
> repeat something forever", which encourages comparison to a forever button.
>

Not sure what your point is here? Should the wording be different?

Seth 

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