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Re: For loops

• Posted by Matt Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at gma??.com> Nov 20, 2007
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CChris wrote:
> 
> Pete Lomax wrote:
> > 
> > I still say that adding a new for_existing construct now seems pointless.
> > 
> 
> Well, I'm not a staunch supporter of this. It was just the most consistent way
> imho to accommodate requests that were made. We can decide that the while loop
> is good enough for these cases - though using the same construct for many
> different
> purposes doesn't help writing clearer code.

I think that there's a legitimate place for something like the C-style 
for-loop.  It gives us a fairly well structured while loop that I think
makes for clearer code, since the mechanics of the loop are declared 
before hand, but you have much greater freedom in choosing your method
of iteration and termination.

Matt