do-while loops

[Denis Shelomovskij]

28.12.2011 16:29, bearophile пишет:
> One thing that I often find not handy in the design of do-while loops: the scope of their body ends before the "while":
>
>
> void main() {
>      do {
>          int x = 5;
>      } while (x != 5); // Error: undefined identifier x
> }
>
>
> So I can't define inside them variables that I test in the while().
>
> This keeps the scope clean, but it's not nice looking:
>
>
> void main() {
>      {
>          int x;
>          do {
>              x = 5;
>          } while (x != 5);
>      }
> }
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

+1
I faced it a few days ago too. An enhancement request should be filled. 
Even if it will be resolved as WONTFIX, at least we will know a reason.