NAME Acme::Loopy - loop keyword SYNOPSIS loop { my @row = get_data() or last; # First iteration only print table_headers(\@row) unless ${^LOOP}; # All iterations print table_row(\@row); } DESCRIPTION This is really just a test/experiment with Keyword::Simple. It gives you a keyword "loop" which acts like a while(1) loop - that is, it loops infinitely until an explicit "last". This is quite similar to ikegami's Syntax::Feature::Loop. Within the loop, the variable "${^LOOP}" can be used to obtain the current iteration count. This is a zero-based count, so is zero (false) on the first journey around the loop. Keyword::Simple made defining the "loop" keyword itself so easy that "${^LOOP}" became the tricky part. (Or rather making it work with nested loops did!) BUGS Please report any bugs to . SEE ALSO Keyword::Simple, Syntax::Feature::Loop. AUTHOR Toby Inkster . COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Toby Inkster. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.