$ perl -MO=Concise,-exec -e'for (;;) { f() }' 1 <0> enter 2 <;> nextstate(main 3 -e:1) v:{ 3 <{> enterloop(next->8 last->9 redo->4) v 4 <;> nextstate(main 1 -e:1) v 5 <0> pushmark s 6 <#> gv[*f] s/EARLYCV 7 <1> entersub[t3] vKS/TARG,1 8 <0> unstack v -e syntax OK $ perl -MO=Concise,-exec -e'while (1) { f() }' 1 <0> enter 2 <;> nextstate(main 3 -e:1) v:{ 3 <{> enterloop(next->8 last->9 redo->4) v 4 <;> nextstate(main 1 -e:1) v 5 <0> pushmark s 6 <#> gv[*f] s/EARLYCV 7 <1> entersub[t3] vKS/TARG,1 8 <0> unstack v -e syntax OK $ diff -u \ <( perl -MO=Concise,-exec -e'while (1) { f() }' 2>&1 ) \ <( perl -MO=Concise,-exec -e'for (;;) { f() }' 2>&1 ) \ && echo same same