Re: Local vs global variables in ADA

[Dale Stanbrough <dstanbro@bigpond.net.au>]

Robert A Duff wrote:

> Like what?  I mean, which languages have different definitions of
> "while" loops, and what are the differences.  I thought "while" loops
> were one of the few cases where there is pretty much agreement on the
> semantics across languages.
> 
> I like while loops, and use them in favor of loop/exit whenever the exit
> condition happens at the top.

Of course the exit has a negated condition compared to the while, so
this may make it easier to read in some situations.

while (not finished) and (not found) loop
   ...
end loop

or 

while not (finished or found) loop

or

loop
   exit when finished or found;
   ...
end loop;


Dale