Re: what's wrong with this loop syntax?

[Antony Sidwell <antony@...>]

Michael Newberry wrote:
> Luiz, OK, thanks. Is there any way to make it more compact (and more 
> readable to me, at least), where the loop is tested at the top of the 
> loop? Here is what I use:
>
>    while true do
>        str = S:Next()
>        if str == nil then break end
>        -- [code]
>    end

I think I generally use something like:

str = S:Next()
while str do
  -- [code]
  str = S:Next()
end

which is no more compact, but I prefer it anyway, especially for a 
simple "next" assignment like that.
--
Antony Sidwell