From 49144445f77204558c15fda03ef63eae9fffedf1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Davidsaver <mdavidsaver@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2021 10:51:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] minor

---
 test/testmon.cpp | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/test/testmon.cpp b/test/testmon.cpp
index 3b0e24a..b0581a9 100644
--- a/test/testmon.cpp
+++ b/test/testmon.cpp
@@ -75,15 +75,15 @@ struct BasicTest {
     static
     Value pop(const std::shared_ptr<client::Subscription>& sub, epicsEvent& evt)
     {
-        Value ret(sub->pop());
-        while(!ret) {
-            if(!evt.wait(5.0)) {
+        while(true) {
+            if(auto ret = sub->pop()) {
+                return ret;
+
+            } else if (!evt.wait(5.0)) {
                 testFail("timeout waiting for event");
-            } else {
-                ret = sub->pop();
+                return Value();
             }
         }
-        return ret;
     }
 
     void orphan()