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On 30-Nov-14 07:49, Austin Obyrne wrote:
> Thanks for your much appreciated help - am I right in my intentions?.

That's really hard to say; any particular construct/usage might be 
doable but that doesn't mean that it's even good. -- In the case of 
looping there's perfectly rational cases for a sentinel-value (namely 
unconstrained input, user input in particular), but that doesn't mean 
that's the best way to do it: Streams, for example, write the bounds and 
then the data for items like arrays (which works because when you write 
those items out the constraints are known).

So, we really cannot tell w/o a small compilable example, and 
explanation of your intent, like Simon said.