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From: bader+@andrew.cmu.edu (Miles Bader)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: do...while vs. repeat...until (was: Errors aren't that simple)
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Date: 28 Mar 90 19:59:37 GMT
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schaut@cat9.cs.wisc.edu (Rick Schaut) writes:
> This is the second request I've seen for a loop construct that allows an
> exit from anywhere in the loop.  Is there something drastically wrong with:
> 
> for(;;) {
>    <statements>
>    if (expr)
>       break;
>    <statements>
> }

You could always extend the syntax of the do-while statement:

    do
	<stmnt>
    while ( <condition> )
	<stmnt>

of which the existing do-while is a special case.  And just THINK of all the
new uncaught errors when someone forgets a semi-colon after a normal
do-while!

-Miles