Just to stick my uninformed oar into this, I notice what `do-while`
statements *already* return a value in the exact way as the proposal.
```
do {
if(true) 1;
else 2;
} while(false)
// 1
do {
if(!true) 1;
else 2;
} while(false)
// 2
```
Of course, since this is a statement rather than an expression, there's
little you can do with that.
So I have 2 questions:
1. Would changing `do-while` from a statement to an expression cause any
issues?
2. Would having the while clause optional (and leaving it out being
equivalent to `while(false)`) cause any issues?
On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 at 12:01 Naveen Chawla <naveen.c...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree it's a misuse, my point is simply why introduce the possibility?
> Key question for me (for any feature): show how it can reduce the chances
> of bugs.
>
> Arrow functions succeed, for example: by removing nested "this" context,
> thereby simplifying moving of code around etc.
> Async await succeeds, for example: by linearizing and hence considerably
> simplifying the building and reading of asynchronous data flows in code.
> Classes succeed, for example: by removing the fiddly overhead in
> establishing (especially multi-level) inheritance using prototypes.
>
> The examples on the proposal page don't succeed, for me, in establishing
> how (if at all) using a do-expression could (vs the most elegant
> alternative currently).
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2018 at 17:16 T.J. Crowder <tj.crow...@farsightsoftware.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jan 18, 2018 at 11:39 AM, Naveen Chawla <naveen.c...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > ...but can you imagine a heavily nested conditional algorithm
>> > where it's not immediately clear you're inside a "do" expression?
>>
>> I can. I would call it a misuse of the `do` operator, just like it is
>> when you do that with conditionals or nested callbacks or switches or arrow
>> functions or (etc.), or some combination of same. :-)
>>
>> -- T.J. Crowder
>>
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