Eh, doesn't seem that hard to write `while true` and `while` by itself is kind of confusing. I also don't necessarily think this is how everyone should write loops, but I increasingly find myself starting out by writing `while true` and then putting conditions where they are needed as I go. Then after I've written the loop out, I'll figure out how to refactor it as a while condition.
On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 3:38 PM, Mike Innes <mike.j.in...@gmail.com> wrote: > If while true loops are idiomatic, could we perhaps make the true > optional? > > > On Tuesday, 8 April 2014 18:57:53 UTC+1, Stefan Karpinski wrote: > >> Good idea. For what it's worth, these days I would be perfectly happy to >> only program with while true loops and explicit breaks. >> >> On Apr 8, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Kevin Squire <kevin....@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Although not too frequent, this would be a good FAQ entry. >> >> Cheers, Kevin >> >> >> On Tuesday, April 8, 2014, Pierre-Yves Gérardy <pyg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This does the trick: >>> >>> while true >>> # ... >>> condition || break >>> end >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, April 8, 2014 5:26:00 AM UTC+2, Freddy Chua wrote: >>>> >>>> as stated in question.. >>>> >>>
