[swift-evolution] C-style For Loops

Clemens Wagner macmoonshine at gmx.de
Sun Dec 6 08:56:04 CST 2015


Hi,

a little bit more explanation would be very helpful and welcome.

Cheers
Clemens

> Am 06.12.2015 um 15:47 schrieb J. Cheyo Jimenez <cheyo at masters3d.com>:
> 
> 
> https://github.com/apple/swift/commit/0d001480a94f975355cd458973d5c51cef55bff1
> 
> On Sunday, December 6, 2015, Clemens Wagner via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> > We’ve developed a number of Swift apps for various clients over the past year and have not needed C style for loops either.
> 
> But I think this is a very weak reason for *removing* any portion like C-loops and increment or decrement operators of a programming language. How about the developers and the productive code which used C-style loops already?
> 
> I understand the reasons why you, Erica and the others don’t like C-style loops. But changing the philosophy of a productive programming language is a very bad idea.
> 
> Cheers
> Clemens
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