A clean javascript foreach loop

Here's a somewhat unusual way to write a foreach loop, using the old plain vanilla for statement:

var items = ["Apple", "Banana", "Strawberry"];
for (var item, i = 0; item = items[i]; i++) {
  console.log(item);
}

There are three advantages for using this syntax over calling Array.forEach() or whatever other library foreach implementation:

1. There's no function call overhead. I've already talked about this here
2. You can use break and continue statements:

   var items = ["Apple", "Banana", "Dice", "Strawberry"];
   for (var item, i = 0; item = items[i]; i++) {
     if (item == "Dice") continue;//no dice!
     console.log(item);
   }
   

3. You have full control over the iterator cursor:

   var items = ["John", "Apple", "Mary", "Banana", "Jane", "Strawberry"];
   //for every second item, starting from the second item
   for (var item, i = 1; item = items[i]; i += 2) {
     console.log(item);
   }
   

One word of caution though: the "item" variable I declared is still in scope after the loop terminates, unlike a foreach loop that calls a function.