I wonder why the forever block is not a stack block…

Forever Block as a Cap Block:

Forever Block as a Stack Block:

Because it runs the code inside it forever, which makes it a C cap. However, the Repeat block is a C stack, because it only repeats the code inside it a certain number of times.

well, what's gonna happen after forever?

lAZERbREAD wrote:

well, what's gonna happen after forever?

Nothing? If the forever block was a stack and you put code after it, that code will never run

I guess probably because you wouldn't need more than one forever block on on script.

Also maybe because since it's forever, nothing may come after it.

you could stop a forever loop using

however, most people won't know that and will get confused

Because the code in a forever loop runs… well, forever, so whatever happens after it will just never run. Unless you use

but like AmpElectrecuted said, that could get confusing.

There's no way to make anything run after it- Scratch doesn't have a break statement, and stopping the script will stop the script without anything below it running. So there's no point in it being a stack block.

It makes PERFECT sense that Forever block only works as a cap block.
As the name suggests, everything inside the forever loop will run basically infinite times, until you make a script that stops the forever loop.

Making a forever block a stack block is like saying trying to go beyond an infinite amount of times, which is logically impossible.

AmpElectrecuted wrote:

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you could stop a forever loop using

however, most people won't know that and will get confused

That still wouldn't run any code after the loop, though. It stops the entire script, not just the current loop.

Scratch137 wrote:

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AmpElectrecuted wrote:

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you could stop a forever loop using

however, most people won't know that and will get confused

That still wouldn't run any code after the loop, though. It stops the entire script, not just the current loop.

oh my memory is a bit fuzzy. you could put the loop in a custom block though and it would work

AmpElectrecuted wrote:

Scratch137 wrote:

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oh my memory is a bit fuzzy. you could put the loop in a custom block though and it would work

This is true, but that's already possible:

will almost immediately say “Hello!”.