From 80fb6e3874aca287668344fde6cd9abda0af784f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brendan Hansen <brendan.f.hansen@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 2021 11:39:19 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fixed a small bug because && does not short circuit

---
 core/string.onyx | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/core/string.onyx b/core/string.onyx
index e9ad0fc1..6bf5a7dc 100644
--- a/core/string.onyx
+++ b/core/string.onyx
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ contains :: proc {
 // it will work perfectly yet.                   - brendanfh 2020/12/21
 compare :: (str1: str, str2: str) -> i32 {
     i := 0;
-    while i < str1.count && i < str2.count && str1[i] == str2[i] do i += 1;
+    while i < str1.count && i < str2.count {
+        if str1[i] == str2[i] do i += 1;
+        else                  do break;
+    }
 
     if i == str1.count && i == str2.count do return 0;
     return ~~(str1[i] - str2[i]);
-- 
2.25.1