Re: do {$i++} until vs. $i++ until

For what it's worth, 'Perl Best Practices' isn't so hot on until statements, either (though I find your, specific, examples pretty easy to read). 8o)

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Re^2: do {$i++} until vs. $i++ until by jethro (Monsignor) on Mar 26, 2008 at 00:55 UTC
Conway's main critizism isn't readability (the methods of avoiding it diminish readability as much as the do-loop IMHO). The main problem he sees is that the do-loop isn't a real loop, so that 'next','last' statements are not working as expected. He is absolutely right, but I still use do-loops sometimes, especially in small loops where the rewrite would blow up the loop significantly.	[reply]