Bodyless loop (was: Comparing strings...)

[Henry Spencer]

In article <18573 at haddock.ima.isc.com> karl at ima.isc.com (Karl Heuer) writes:
>>By the way, tacking the ";" on the end of the while is a great way to
>>trip up your readers...
>
>This is a valid concern.  On the other hand, there are those of us who gag at
>the sight of a naked semicolon on a line by itself, which is what I guess
>Henry to be suggesting as an alternative.

Actually, no, my preferred alternative is

	while (...)
		continue;

although I can live with minor variants like using {} instead of continue.
(This is, incidentally, just about the only use of continue that I'm happy
with!)
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The type syntax for C is essentially   | Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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