in reply to Re^2: Why is the null while-loop condition expression true?
in thread Why is the null while-loop condition expression true?

The source code from v1 seems to make it pretty clear it was deliberate, never a bug. I am with AnomalousMonk. While while(){} is an odd synonym at first blush for while(1){} the idea of ever writing while(){} to mean… all the enclosed code is just for laughs because I never want it to run is even sillier.

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Re^4: Why is the null while-loop condition expression true?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Mar 28, 2016 at 22:51 UTC
    the idea of ever writing while(){} to mean… all the enclosed code is just for laughs because I never want it to run is even sillier.

    Hm. That would mean if( 0 ) & while( 0 ) were silly also, yet the Perl sources, amongst many others, are littered with innumerable examples of both.

    Countering a conclusion, because it happens to have been drawn by me, is the very definition of "silly".

    In every other case empty parens () mean false; to deem while() to mean the opposite, is...; well, it starts with s and is somewhat stronger than "silly".

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      it starts with s and is somewhat stronger than "silly".
      … "sinconsistent"? Ah, no, "sinful" :-)
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