[m-dev.] Adding Loops to Mercury

[Michael Day]

Hi Paul,

>> foreach I=std::fromTo(1,1000) do
>>     %...whatever
>> end foreach.
>
> I think that such a feature would be considered "not in the spirit of
> Mercury" by most developers.

Light syntax and efficient compilation for lambdas is enough:

     foreach(1 `..` 100, func(X) = blah)

Michael

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