>Just out of interest, how would you code the following, especially with regard to an if without an else being a bug/bad design.
>
>

>while .t.
>  < some code >
>
>  if < condition >
>    exit
>  endif
>
>  < some other code >
>enddo
>

>
>the best I get is
>
>

< ensure condition true >
while < condition >
  < some code >

  if < condition >
    <b>* No further processing required</b>
  else
    < some other code >
  endif
enddo
>

Note the explicitly added comment. This tells the reader that the alternative branch was considered, and provides a pre-built entry point if and when the business logic is modified in the future.

In my maintenance programming experience, failure to consider the alternate branch causes some of the most subtle and hard-to-find bugs.