'while/else' (ugh) (was Re: [oclug] Ruby)

[David F. Skoll]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2003, Rod Giffin wrote:

> while (condition) { // run while condition is true
>     do some instructions;
> } else { // the condition was never true
>     do some instructions;
> }

How often does that actually happen?  When it does, how difficult
is it to write:

if (condition) {
    while (condition) {
	// loop
    }
} else {
    // whatever
}

--
David.