Re^2: Basic Coding Tips: Parsimonious Parameterization

Seen recently in a production script distributed around the company I work for-

  my $var=1;
  while ($var == 1){
    # do a bunch of stuff and never touch $var
    # exit if (some condition);
  }
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while(1) must have been too difficult :)

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Re^3: Basic Coding Tips: Parsimonious Parameterization by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Jan 31, 2005 at 07:37 UTC
Or, depending on structure, even `do { # ... } until $condition;` [download] Makeshifts last the longest.	[reply] [d/l]

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