Re: C23 thoughts and opinions

In article <v3lb0u$2452$1@dont-email.me>,
Chris M. Thomasson <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> wrote:

On 6/3/2024 1:31 PM, Tim Rentsch wrote:

Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
 

On 2024-06-02, Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> wrote:
>

I've always considered
   for (;;)
preferable over
   while (1)

>
Of course it is preferable.  The idiom constitutes the language's direct
support for unconditional looping, not requiring that to be requested by
an extraneous always-true expression.
>
Using while (1) or while (true) is like i = i + 1 instead
of ++i, or while (*dst++ = *src++); instead of strcpy.  [...]

 
Using for (;;) for an infinite loop is an abomination.  Anyone
who advocates following that rule is an instrument of Satan.

>
Better than goto? ;^D

I can't believe we're still having this conversation.

Surely, on any reasonably modern compiler, all three forms will generate
exactly the same code.

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