(strict-boolean-expressions) while (true) { ... }

[benny-medflyt]

Some algorithms are best naturally coded using an "infinite" loop of the style:

while (true) {
   ...
   if (someCondition) {
      break;
   }
   ...
}

but the strict-boolean-expressions tslint rule does not like this, giving the message:

This type is not allowed in the 'while' condition because it is always truthy. Only booleans are allowed.

This message is sensible for "if" statements, and also for "while" statements such as while (x !== null) (where "x" is known to be non-null).

But I would argue that using a literal "true", as in while (true) should not be an error, and is an intentional programming construct, and the strict-boolean-expressions rule should not report it as an error.

Thank you

[jupl]

I use for(;;) { ... } which eliminates the conditional.

EDIT: In fact, I learned this originally when I use ESLint because of their documentation. Probably a separate issue, but TSLint could benefit from examples in the documentation.