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Hi all.  I've got a bit of a silly question for you.  In the grammar, `atomicExpression` includes a number of things that can be evaluated, like `literalConstant` and `functionLiteral`.  Even the different `jump` structures (like `throw` and `return`) appear to technically evaluate to `Nothing`.  

But the list also includes `loop`, which doesn't appear to be an expression.  In fact, if you try to assign a `for` loop to a variable, the compiler says that "For is not an expression, and only expressions are allowed here."  

So, I was wondering, why does `loop` show up as part of `atomicExpression` in the grammar?  Is there some context in which loops _can_ be evaluated?

No, loops are never treated as expressions, except in the parser. I suppose it was just easier to treat everything as expression in the grammar and prohibit non-expressions such as loops later in the resolution