Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { })

On 2025-04-16, Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> wrote:

Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:

On 2025-04-16, James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:

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The key to using the for() statement is to make sure the three
expressions are related appropriately.

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The observation is valid that the three expressions often fall into a
pattern by which they can be condensed.
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  for (var = from; var < to; var++)
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can be expressed by a construct which mentions var ony once,
and omits the operators.
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You can obtain this with the preprocessor and be reasonably happy.

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Sure, you *can*, but I wouldn't.

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But then you would complain about the unpreprocessed version
being verbose, because it becomes a choice at that point.