For the record: I'm for it, too. :) Will merge.
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 22:14 -0600, you wrote: > > [ > https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1315?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel > ] > > Seth Hall updated BIT-1315: > --------------------------- > > > Let’s go ahead and merge it then. :) > > > > Teach Bro how to 'while' > > ------------------------ > > > > Key: BIT-1315 > > URL: https://bro-tracker.atlassian.net/browse/BIT-1315 > > Project: Bro Issue Tracker > > Issue Type: New Feature > > Components: Bro > > Reporter: Jon Siwek > > Priority: Low > > Fix For: 2.4 > > > > > > topic/jsiwek/while has an implementation of a general purpose 'while' loop. > > If one wants to hack around the current limitation of only looping over > > collections, they're going to do it (e.g. recursion), so why not just > > provide a more convenient way instead? The mess you have to write to work > > around the limitation may be more error-prone than just providing a simple > > while loop. > > An alternative to adding 'while' to the language might be to allow "for ()" > > to be an unbounded loop and force the author to put the necessary > > break/return conditions in the body. > > > > -- > This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA > (v6.4-OD-14-082#64012) > > _______________________________________________ > bro-dev mailing list > bro-dev@bro.org > http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev > _______________________________________________ bro-dev mailing list bro-dev@bro.org http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/bro-dev