in reply to using foreach
Indeed, it is not a good idea to manipulate a stack unless you follow the specific interface that applies to a stack:
- A stack is like a stack of dishes in that you may only place items onto the top of the stack, and you may only pop items from the top of the stack.
- You must always check to see if the stack isEmpty() before attempting to pop.
- If desired, you may implement a sizeOf feature, and its purpose is to return the current number of items in the stack. (This count can be used to implement the isEmpty() function.)
In your code, I do not see any place where you check for the empty stack, so in another context (where it's not obvious that there are items on the stack), it would be a potential error to attempt to pop from a potentially empty stack.
While it is true that a "while loop" is would act in this capacity, you have used a "for loop", and should therefore check for empty prior to a pop.
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