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From: <hzoli@VNET.IBM.COM> (Zoltan T. Hidvegi)
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Subject: Re: Short loops?
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Peter Stephenson wrote:
>     while (( i++ < 10 )); { echo i is $i; }   # Wrong!

I would add that

while (( i++ < 10 ))
{
        echo i is $i
}

is also wrong, since newline behaves line a semicolon.  And I would not
encourage the usage of this brace syntax in scrips because these syntax
rules are quite complicated.  The old sh syntax do not have these hidden
traps.  A lengthy discussion of this syntax in the FAQ may seem to
encourage the usage.

Zoltan