Author: larry
Date: Fri May 5 15:02:52 2006
New Revision: 9119
Modified:
doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod
Log:
Clarified that parens are required on C-style loop.
Modified: doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod
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--- doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod (original)
+++ doc/trunk/design/syn/S04.pod Fri May 5 15:02:52 2006
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@
Maintainer: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Aug 2004
- Last Modified: 30 Apr 2006
+ Last Modified: 5 May 2006
Number: 4
- Version: 19
+ Version: 20
This document summarizes Apocalypse 4, which covers the block and
statement syntax of Perl.
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@
...
}
-As seen in the previous section, the 3-part loop spec may be entirely
+As in C, the parentheses are required if you supply the 3-part spec; however,
+as shown in the previous section, the 3-part loop spec may be entirely
omitted to write an infinite loop. If you omit the 3-part loop spec
you may add a C<while> or C<until> statement modifier at the end
to make it a "repeat at least once" loop. Unlike C<do> in Perl 5,
