On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 05:20:06AM -0500, Allison Randal wrote: > Hmmm... some discussion generated on this subject, but fairly light. I > take that as an indicator that an C<else> on loops is a fairly popular > idea. The other possibilities are that b) people don't want any form of > "else" on loops and aren't saying so or c) people simply don't care, > but silence and apathy just don't seem to be vices we're afflicted with > in this community. ;)
Here's another possibility. People trust Larry to get it right and don't feel the need to weigh in with opinions. Had I designed Perl there would have been an elsunless and I would have used it. Now I'm glad there isn't an elsunless and I never had the chance to use it :-) -- Paul Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pjcj.net