> On May 10, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Sean Heber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On May 10, 2016, at 3:30 PM, Tyler Cloutier via swift-evolution >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Secondly it’s a very simple way of introducing new programmers to loops. >> It’s IMHO more clear to a new programmer that repeat will just repeat >> indefinitely vs while true. > > This point seems strange to me - why teach a new programmer about loops by > first showing them a looping construct they should probably never use in > actual practice until they really know what they’re doing?
That is a fair point, but it’s probably a good way of illustrating other ways of exiting a loop, without having the complication of a while condition. > > l8r > Sean > _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list [email protected] https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
