C bites (Null loop-bodies)

[Richard Welty]

> > 	I put null loop-bodies on a separate line like in the following
> > example.
> > 
> > 		while (eatup() != '\n')
> > 			;
> 
> Putting the semi-colon on a separate line does help make it clear
> that the body of the loop is intentionally null, but what I like
> even better is:
> 
> 		while( eatup() != '\n' )
> 			continue;
> 
I personally like to use {} in all cases ... thus:

	while( eatup() != '\n'){}
or
	while( eatup() != '\n')
	    {}
or even
	while( eatup() != '\n')
	{
	}
By using the {} all the time, even for null cases, I insure
that things like
	if( cond);
don't happen ...
-- 
				Rich Welty

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