Re: Whaddaya think?

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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> writes:
>
>> Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
>>
>>> Speaking of while, the do/while construct does not require parentheses
>>> in order to disambiguate anything, since it has a mandatory semicolon.
>>> Yet, it still has them.
>>
>> It has them to allow an extension for a "loop-and-a-half" control
>> structure:
>>
>>     do statement while ( expression ) statement
>>
>> and so for example
>>
>>     do  c = getchar();  while(  c != EOF  )  n++;
>>
>> to count characters on standard input.
>
> Oh?  Do you have any evidence that that was the intent? [...]

I think you're reading something into my remark that it
didn't say.

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                Re: Whaddaya think? DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2024-06-17 17:07 -0400
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                Re: Whaddaya think? Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-06-17 07:48 +0200
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