On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Brian Anderson <bander...@mozilla.com>wrote:
> On 11/20/2013 09:14 AM, Niko Matsakis wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 07:19:15AM -0800, Patrick Walton wrote:
>>
>>> The liveness analysis uses the infinite nature of `loop`, and it was
>>> felt that special-casing the `true` boolean like Java does is a hack.
>>>
>> I personally like `loop`. It reads nicely. It happens quite frequently
>> that I have a loop that works out best if I test the condition in the
>> middle, rather than the front or the end, or where the condition is
>> something quite involved; in such situations, `loop { ... }` is
>> perfect, and `while true { ... }` always feels second-class. I
>> recognize this is silly of me, though. :)
>>
>>
>>
> I also adore `loop` and rarely use `while`. I write code like this
> constantly:
>
> loop {
> match port.recv() {
> case DoSomething => { }
> case Exit => break
>
> }
> }
>
This is an even sillier idea, but then what about keeping `loop` and
dropping `while`?
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