Totally agree with Brandon. I don’t think that behavior is inconsistent.

-Thorsten


> Am 28.05.2016 um 22:18 schrieb Brandon Knope via swift-evolution 
> <swift-evolution@swift.org>:
> 
> Doesn't this contextually make sense though?
> 
> for, when read:
> "for each value in collection where some condition is met" do this loop
> 
> while, when read:
> "while some condition where this constraint is met" do this loop 
> 
> It could just be because I know the behavior and am use to it, but I think it 
> makes sense contextually when used. 
> 
> Brandon 
> 
> On May 28, 2016, at 4:06 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution 
> <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> wrote:
> 
>> I'm just gotta quote from Advanced Swift:
>> 
>> Note that the where clause [in a for loop] does not work like the where 
>> clause in a while loop. In a while loop, iteration stops once the value is 
>> false, whereas in a for 
>> loop, it functions like filter. 
>> 
>> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 16:00 Haravikk <swift-evolut...@haravikk.me 
>> <mailto:swift-evolut...@haravikk.me>> wrote:
>> 
>> > On 28 May 2016, at 20:21, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi...@gmail.com 
>> > <mailto:xiaodi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> > There's already an inconsistency in where clause behavior for `if` and 
>> > `while` versus `for` loops. It's nice IMO that the former uses are 
>> > eliminated in this proposal.
>> 
>> Can you give an example? That sounds like something that should be addressed 
>> separately rather than just dropping it.
>> Like I say I really like using it for basic bind + condition cases, so I’m 
>> very much opposed to just tossing where clauses.
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