Sujet : Re: C23 thoughts and opinions
De : chris.m.thomasson.1 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Chris M. Thomasson)
Groupes : comp.lang.cDate : 03. Jun 2024, 22:02:21
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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