On Sat, 13 Aug 2016 09:02:28 -0500, Bill Woodger wrote:
>
>This can be rewritten as
>
> while (true)
> read value
> if (value == sentinel) break;
> process value
>
Yet I prefer expression-oriented languages that allow constructs such as:
while read value && [ value != sentinel ]; do
process value
done
But, yes, if the condition is a little more complicated, it's better to
encapsulate
it in a function. Legibility should be the deciding concern: which constructs
impels fewer saccades by the reader?
-- gil
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