http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6550

           Summary: Allow (auto var = expression) in while() loops
           Product: D
           Version: D2
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: DMD
        AssignedTo: nobody@puremagic.com
        ReportedBy: andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com


--- Comment #0 from Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> 2011-08-24 12:42:26 PDT ---
Currently this doesn't compile:

   while (auto parent = foo.parent)
   {
       foo = parent;
   }

Error: expression expected, not 'auto'

This is useful to replace this kind of loop (assume foo is a class object that
has a 'parent' field):

   while (true)
   {
       if (auto parent = foo.parent)
       {
           // do something with parent
           foo = parent;  // switch to next parent
       }
       else
       {
           break;
       }
   }

with the simpler:

   while (auto parent = foo.parent)
   {
       // do something with parent
       foo = parent;  // switch to next parent
   }

Currently `if` statements already allow this syntax, so it seems natural to extend this to `while` loops.

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--- Comment #1 from timon.gehr@gmx.ch 2011-08-24 13:12:24 PDT ---
note that this can be implemented with a simple rewrite rule.

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--- Comment #2 from yebblies <yebblies@gmail.com> 2011-08-28 02:17:45 EST ---
*** This issue has been marked as a duplicate of issue 5432 ***

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