# change while syntax · gitcafe/zig

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Requested revision: 698829b772fe39c4311a75b20324256b8d7392b1

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Commit: 698829b772fe39c4311a75b20324256b8d7392b1

Tree: c1434e819ef38698a79a711c164ca62d9418a9c7

Author: Andrew Kelley

Committer: Andrew Kelley

## Message

````
change while syntax

Old:

```
while (condition; expression) {}
```

New:

```
while (condition) : (expression) {}
```

This is in preparation to allow nullable and
error union types as the condition. See #357

````

## Parents

- [644ea2dde9fbb1f948cf12115df2a15e908f3c29](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zig/commit/644ea2dde9fbb1f948cf12115df2a15e908f3c29?format=markdown)

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