From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-12-13T10:49:22+09:00
Subject: Re: Idiom wanted: do-while

On Dec 12, 2005, at 7:36 PM, Steve Litt wrote:

> On Monday 12 December 2005 05:42 pm, James Edward Gray II wrote:
>
>>> Is there a ruby idiom for do-while?
>>
>> I favor:
>>
>> loop do
>>    # ... some action ...
>>    break unless ...
>> end
>
> I do this quite a bit, but it's not structured programming and is a  
> little
> like a goto. Break can improve readability on small loops, but on  
> large loops
> maintained by multiple people it can become a nightmare.

Which is probably a sign that method calls are needed.  Heck, I think  
two programmers working on the same loop is a sign of that.  ;)

James Edward Gray II