From @masak

$ perl6 -e 'my $a = 0; loop while $a < 10 { say $a++ }'
Confused at line 1, near "{ say $a++"
[...]

I think the desired syntax is 'repeat while', not 'loop while'. The
compiler could give a hint to that effect. Ditto 'loop until'.

From @coke

On Wed Sep 16 14​:53​:40 2009, masak wrote​:

$ perl6 -e 'my $a = 0; loop while $a < 10 { say $a++ }'
Confused at line 1, near "{ say $a++"
[...]

I think the desired syntax is 'repeat while', not 'loop while'. The
compiler could give a hint to that effect. Ditto 'loop until'.

Now gives the improved​:

===SORRY!===␤Missing block at line 22,
  near "while $a <"

Not quite as awesome as STD's color coded reply. Good enough to close?

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