[Oberon] Re (2): LONGINT, RETURN & etc.

[Jörg]

You are right, LOOP would be a more generic way iso using REPEAT and/or WHILE.
But the program flow with a LOOP and (one or more) EXIT is not as easily understandable as a REPEAT or WHILE construct.

Jörg

> Am 17.06.2017 um 18:53 schrieb <peter at easthope.ca> <peter at easthope.ca>:
> 
> From:    Chris Burrows <chris at cfbsoftware.com
> Date:    Sat, 17 Jun 2017 13:40:15 +0930 
>> ... the Oberon 'LOOP' statement with multiple 'EXIT's was abolished 
>> at the same time.
> 
> An even simpler possibility is to eliminate FOR, REPEAT and WHILE 
> and retain LOOP with the restriction of exactly one exit, at the 
> beginning or at the end.  Analogous to the RETURN revision. 
> 
> Some time in the last year or two (I can't find a citation at present) 
>  Joerg commented,
>> LOOP R.I.P.
> 
> With this hypothetical revision, the cases of the content of the LOOP 
> being executed zero times or once remain immediately clear. 
> Dropping FOR, REPEAT and WHILE in favour of LOOP would impose 
> more work to bring old sources to new syntax.  If there is a stronger 
> argument against it, I haven't caught it.  
> 
> LOOP or not, Oberon is a superb language.
> 
> Regards,                   ... Lyall E.
> 
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