Re^2: How do I read files in a directory and not directories?

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Re^3: How do I read files in a directory and not directories? by fishbot_v2 (Chaplain) on Mar 13, 2006 at 14:04 UTC
"I would imagine that using the while statement instead of for would reduce the chance of the program getting caught in a loop." Um, okay, I'll bite: Why? Whatever do you mean? There are some advantages to using `while` with the iterator form rather than `for` with the list form... I can't see how this is one of them. I think that it's actually considerably harder to accidentally write an infinite `for` than an infinite `while`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: How do I read files in a directory and not directories?
by fishbot_v2 (Chaplain) on Mar 13, 2006 at 14:04 UTC

"I would imagine that using the while statement instead of for would reduce the chance of the program getting caught in a loop."

Um, okay, I'll bite: Why? Whatever do you mean? There are some advantages to using while with the iterator form rather than for with the list form... I can't see how this is one of them.

I think that it's actually considerably harder to accidentally write an infinite for than an infinite while.

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