> On May 10, 2016, at 6:11 PM, Tyler Cloutier <cloutierty...@aol.com> wrote: > > >> On May 10, 2016, at 5:56 PM, Chris Lattner <clatt...@apple.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On May 10, 2016, at 4:13 PM, Cole Campbell via swift-evolution >>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >>> >>> I agree that repeat { } is ambiguous because you have to look to the end >>> for a while clause to determine if it's infinite or not. >> >> Right, this is the downside that I see with “repeat {}”. > > > Not to beat a dead horse, but isn’t this also true of > > repeat { ...
> while true { … No, because today you always know that repeat has a condition, and that while does not. That’s the point. >> Another option is to make it a statement modifier, which wouldn’t require >> taking it as a keyword (but also doesn’t read as well): >> >> forever repeat { } >> >> >> Personally, I don’t see this as a big enough improvement over “while true” >> to be worth introducing complexity for. >> > > If you are referring to “forever", I also don’t think that adding a new > keyword is an improvement over “while true”. I agree. Even if it didn’t take a keyword, Idon’t think that “repeat forever” is worth adding over “while true”. -Chris _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution