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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:53:08 -0500
Subject: Re: Else statement executing when it shouldnt
From: Jerry Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Jussi Piitulainen
<jpiitula@ling.helsinki.fi> wrote:
>> The feature isn't bad, it's just very, very badly named.
>
> I believe it would read better - much better - if it was "for/then"
> and "while/then" instead of "for/else" and "while/else".

That's always been my opinion too.  I'd remember how the construct
worked if it was for/then (and while/then).  Since seeing for/else
always makes my brain lock up for a few seconds when I'm reading code,
I don't bother using it.

Jerry