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Why is it considered bad practice to use "while wait()"? [closed]

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davidgingerich 603

5 years ago

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Why is using wait() as a condition in loops shunned?

As I understand it, doing

1while true do
2    --code
3    wait()
4end

is considered better than doing

1while wait() do
2    --code
3end

Why is this?

some how, some way the code structure of while wait() gives more strain to the game compared to otherwise. TheluaBanana 946 — 5y

to understand this ull most probably have to look behind the way roblox is designed TheluaBanana 946 — 5y

or who knows its probably just some conspiracy that roblox spread im not a professional TheluaBanana 946 — 5y

its just a bad habit to use while wait() do cuz it only runs fine on roblox. greatneil80 2647 — 5y

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Answered by

PhantomVisual 992

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

It isn't bad, people just say it's bad practice. wait() is a ROBLOX Lua function, the reason it works is because wait() returns values making it true. It's bad practice because if you were to move on from ROBLOX's engine, your loops wouldn't work because wait() wouldn't return anything.

I got this information from this video by ScriptGuider:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKR0jN52hvA