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Subject: Re: JSlint finds for loops intolerable
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 14:59:16 -0700
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On 08-28-16 03:56, emf wrote:
> In the current JSLint help webpage (http://jslint.com/help.html) it now says:
>
> "Tolerate for statement:
> true if the for statement should be allowed
> It is almost always better to use the array methods instead."
>
> Getting rid of the for loops is a big change. Reflecting on it, however, the for loop is an awkward construction -- it's just something you learn as a matter of fact when you begin and that time on you take it for granted. Instead of
>
> for (var i = 0; i < 10; i += 1) {
>     ...
> }
>
> the while loop does seem more straightforward:
>
> var i = 0;
> while (i < 10) {
>     ...
>     i += 1;
> }
>
> After stopping using for loops, I can imagine a time when I won't be able to understand why I once almost always preferred to use them.
>
> I do not understand, however, the comment about array methods. I seldom find use for them. Can someone explain what Crawford implies??

Anyone that's been a programmer prior to HTML is familiar with the standard C for loop.
Seems more straightforward than the 3-piece while loop you have there.
It's concise, self contained on one line and obvious to any programmer that's been
around a while.  Combined with a while and a foreach loop, you have all the looping
constructs you need.  Of course there was no object oriented programming at the time
of invention - everything was procedural which could make a difference.

So "Tolerate For == true;"