Support for Compound Conditions In WHILE Loops

Introduce WHILE OR and WHILE AND variations of WHILE loop with support for multiple conditions.

Current state

https://docs.sannybuilder.com/language/control-flow/loops#while..end

Proposed Syntax

WHILE OR
  <cond 1>
  <cond 2>
  ...
  <cond N>
DO
  <loop body> // execute while at least one condition is true
END

WHILE AND
  <cond 1>
  <cond 2>
  ...
  <cond N>
DO
  <loop body> // execute while all conditions are true
END

DO keyword is needed to separate a condition list from the loop body.

Workround

WHILE TRUE
   IF OR/AND
    <conds>
   THEN
     <loop body>
   ELSE
      BREAK
   END
END

Alternative syntax (inspired by gta3script syntax):

// single condition
WHILE <COND>
...
END

// compound condition (AND/OR)
WHILE <COND1>
    OR <COND2>
    OR <COND3>
...
END

// single condition
REPEAT
...
UNTIL <COND>

// compound condition (AND/OR)
REPEAT
...
UNTIL <COND1>
    OR <COND2>
    OR <COND3>

Can be expanded to IF (note that THEN becomes redundant):

IF <COND>
    OR <COND2>
    OR <COND3>
[THEN]
...
END

if and
foo()
foo()
foo()

So where conditions ends and body starts? Seems like it makes it only more convoluted instead clearer

if and
foo()
foo()
foo()
then

end

There is no then in previous example

// compound condition (AND/OR)
WHILE <COND1>
    OR <COND2>
    OR <COND3>
...
END

AND / OR itself are indicators

IF 24
These values are not even an enum.

I would just stick to high level constructs. There is already too much alternative ways to do same things in SB.
People are spending time on naming labels and inventing their own command names following opcode number instead writing the script itself.

Didn't we earlier discussed the

while
then
end

?
Do is probably more fitting natural language, but it is introducing an new keyword?
If there is do I naturally start thinking about do-while-end instead of repeat-until

if and
IF 24

this syntax was mentioned nowhere in the proposal, read carefully

// compound condition (AND/OR)
WHILE <COND1>
     OR <COND2>
     OR <COND3>
...
END

Oh ok there is OR as prefix for every condition line.
Does it support mixed logical operations? If not it will be frequently asked question why this does not work.

// compound condition (AND/OR)
WHILE <COND1>
     OR <COND2>
     OR <COND3>
...
END
Oh ok there is OR as prefix for every condition line. Does it support mixed logical operations? If not it will be frequently asked question why this does not work.

No, it does not support mixed operators. Either all AND, or all OR. That's how it works in original scripts too.

So there is no benefit in that approach.
You are trying to fix one of the anomalies: the conditions in loops are not behaving same way as in if.
Now you inventing ways to make them work differently anyway.
Keep it simple and consistent. Nobody have head to remember all the quirks.

Same with THEN and DO keywords

Which part of the proposal is inconsistent? While/Repeat/If all use either single condition, or multiple conditions joined with AND or OR.

#396 (comment)
Proposing syntax inspired by gta3script. I would like to see SB inspired one instead...

Take code:

if or
    foo == 1
    foo == 2
then
    ...
end

Replace if with while, done. No need for overthinking now or later when typing in scripts.

But it does not work with REPEAT..UNTIL, that's the issue

repeat-until-end easy to deduce as no new keywords are introduced or new concept of prefixing each condition expression

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