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| From | Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { }) |
| Date | 2025-05-06 05:59 -0700 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <86ecx13nfb.fsf@linuxsc.com> (permalink) |
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Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> writes: > On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 14:09:44 GMT > scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote: > >> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes: >> >>> On 15/04/2025 20:07, Scott Lurndal wrote: >>> >>>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes: >>>> >>>>> On 15/04/2025 14:19, Kaz Kylheku wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thats's fine. But it means a real 'for' loop doesn't exist in C; >>>>> you have to emulate it using that 3-way construct, which is naff, >>>>> and also error prone. >>>> >>>> Real for loops _are_ a three-way construct. >>>> >>>> 135 FOR I=1 TO 10 STEP 2 [BASIC] >>>> >>>> for(i = 1; i < 11; i += 2) [C/C++] >>>> >>>> do 1 = 1, 10, 2 [FORTRAN] >>> >>> Any step other than 1 is unusual. So Basic and Fortran would >>> typically be: >>> >>> for i = 1 to 10 # 6 tokens; Basic >>> do i = 1, 10 # 6 tokens; Fortran >>> for i = 1, 10 # 6 tokens; Lua >>> for i to 10 do # 5 tokens; Mine (using default start) >>> to 10 do # 3 tokens; Mine (when index is not needed) >>> >>> Let's look at that C again: >>> >>> for (int i = 1; i < 11; i += 1) # 15 tokens; C >> >> for(i = 1; i++ <= 10;) > > I'd reject this code during review. > Hopefully, you too. I'm curious to know the basis for your reaction. What about the code would prompt your judgment to reject it? Is it just a specific reaction, or does it represent some more general pattern (and if so then what more general pattern)?
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Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { }) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-05-06 05:59 -0700
Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { }) Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> - 2025-05-07 12:32 +0300
Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { }) Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2025-05-07 14:54 +0200
Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { }) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-07 13:50 +0000
Re: Loops (was Re: do { quit; } else { }) Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2025-05-11 23:48 -0700
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