_continue_ as NOP

Doug Gwyn gwyn at smoke.brl.mil
Thu Feb 28 07:35:12 AEST 1991


In article <1991Feb22.181921.21478 at inferno.peri.com> shane at inferno.peri.com (Shane Bouslough) writes:
>Consider the following single statement while loop:
>	while ( actual work happens in here )
>		;
>I have seen _continue_ used to make the NOP semi-colon a
>little less invisible:
>	while ( actual work happens in here )
>		continue;

This is merely a matter of style, so I hope it doesn't generate lots
of argument.  Every competent C programmer should be expected to be
able to deal with either form when encountered.  I personally use the
former method, which strikes me as sufficiently visible and clear.
I do NOT like usage such as
	while (condition);
where the controlled statement is practically obscured by the format.



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