Re: what's wrong with this loop syntax?

[Shmuel Zeigerman <shmuz@...>]

Michael Newberry wrote:
> 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

local function strings(S)
  return function() return S:Next() end
end

for str in strings(S) do
  -- [code]
end

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Shmuel