[Squeakland] spiral

[Shashank Date]

Hello Alan,

>> without which the clock kept ticking and the loopInit scipt kept 
>> executing over and over again. (There is an implicit infinite-loop on 
>> all the scripts).
>
>
> No, there isn't. E.g. if you just say in another script
>            foo loopInit
> this will fire this script once (this is why there is an explicit 
> "start script" to start a script looping).

Oh, yes. Thanks for correcting me.

> If you want to do this by hand, just click on the (!) on the left top 
> edge instead of the clock.

I keep forgetting about the execute once (!) option.  Is there any way
to NOT have the clock icon on the script?
Alternatively, is there a more elegant solution to "stop script"
regardless of which icons we click on (clock on the !)?

> Cheers,
>
> Alan

-- Shashank

>
>
>
>>> foo loopBody
>>>     Test foo's i > 100
>>>        Yes   foo stop script loopBody
>>>         No    mumble
>>>                 foo's i increase by 1
>>>
>>> This is somewhat cumbersome, but is quite clear about what it does 
>>> and when it does it.
>>
>>
>> Worked like a charm ! Thanks for the hint.
>>
>>> It has not come up as an issue with 5th graders because they stuff 
>>> that we are encouraging them to do has either unbounded looping (the 
>>> normal case) or the looping is stopped by some test of an external 
>>> condition (as Phil suggested).
>>
>>
>> Agreed.
>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Alan
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -- Shashank
>
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