[fpc-devel] Fwd: While - Otherwise Statement

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Ralf Quint wrote:
> On 10/12/2015 10:18 AM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>
>> That is the meaning of "However, both syntax would cause code 
>> incompatibility."
>> and is already in my very first reply to OP.
>>
>> So While... else or While .. Otherwise will never make it in the 
>> compiler.
> Thanks for that.
> 
> This is s typical example of one of those things that just don't make 
> any sense in the first place.
> 
> Either the while loop is executed or it isn't, depending in the 
> expression. I don't see an actual use case for any else/otherwise 
> extension to it...

The only possible use would be to specify a finalisation statement which 
was only executed if the while loop cycled at least once, or possibly 
one which was executed if the loop never cycled.

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