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 ============================================================================== --- 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,