"bgimeno" <bgimeno[at]persistencia[dot]org> wrote:
> The following code is perfectly valid to the present version, but does not
> produce anything.
>
> #declare FooCount = 0 ;
> #while (FooCount < 100 )
> sphere {<0,FooCount,0>,1 pigment { rgb< 1, 1, 0> } }
> // #declare FooCount = FooCount + 1 ; // note this missing line
> #end
>
> I suppose that a "detector" of infinite loops is it too much to ask?
>
> B. Gimeno

When I write a counting loop, I tend to do it as follows:

#declare FooCount = 0 ; #while (FooCount < 100 )
   > BLAH BLAH BLAH
#declare FooCount = FooCount + 1 ; #end

I know there are circumstances where this can't be done, but I find it helps me
recognize my "for" type loops easily.

-tgq

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