Suggested new C loop syntax (was `if (a = b)')

[Richard J Cox]

In article <264 at twwells.uucp> bill at twwells.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes:
(stuff deleted)
>
>	do
>		statement
>	while (expr);
>		statement
>
>See the difference? Well, in case you didn't, it is the semicolon at
>the end of the while expression. This is damned hard to spot and does
>not lead to a syntax error.
>
>I'll stick to using a break.
>
>---
>Bill
>{uunet|novavax}!proxftl!twwells!bill

This is exactly the same as:

for(expr; expr; expr);
	statment

which every C programmer has to be able to spot anyway - so whats the problem?




- RC

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