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Re: Short loops?

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From: <hzoli@xxxxxxxxxxxx> (Zoltan T. Hidvegi)
To: pws@xxxxxx (Peter Stephenson)
Subject: Re: Short loops?
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 10:06:03 -0500 (EST)
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In-reply-to: <199702270932.KAA15453@xxxxxxxxxxxx> from Peter Stephenson at "Feb 27, 97 10:32:21 am"

Peter Stephenson wrote:
>     while (( i++ < 10 )); { echo i is $i; }   # Wrong!

I would add that

while (( i++ < 10 ))
{
        echo i is $i
}

is also wrong, since newline behaves line a semicolon.  And I would not
encourage the usage of this brace syntax in scrips because these syntax
rules are quite complicated.  The old sh syntax do not have these hidden
traps.  A lengthy discussion of this syntax in the FAQ may seem to
encourage the usage.

Zoltan

References:
- Re: Short loops?
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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