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From: Larry Hazel <lhazel@mindspring.com>
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Subject: Re: Problem trying to implement generics.
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:16:41 -0500
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Ayende Rahien wrote:
> 
> "Tucker Taft" <stt@averstar.com> wrote in message
> news:3ADC4320.7ACA3DEC@averstar.com...
> 
> > Interestingly enough, the standard Iterator in Java
> > uses:
> >      while (Iter.hasNext()) {
> >          X = Iter.next();
> >          ...
> >      }
> >
> > even though Java has functions with side effects (although
> > in fact, only with side-effects on by-reference operands,
> > since it has no parameter modes at all!).
> 
> Why use it like this?
> for (;Iter.hasNext(); X = Iter.next() ){
>     //do stuff
> }
> 
> Is much more readable, IMO.

I disagree.  The C style for loop is totally unreadable garbage IMO.  In what
little C programming I have done, I refused to use for loops.  Of course, I also
refused to use ++, --, +=, and all the other wierd C operators.  Matter of
taste, I guess.

Larry