note 34716 added to control-structures.while
| From: | bishop at rack1 dot php dot net | Date: | Tue, 05 Aug 2003 03:07:39 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 34716 added to control-structures.while | ||
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Warhog's method of simplifying complex if () chains:
while (TRUE) {
break;
}
has a subtle issue: if you don't break, you loop indefinitely.
Better to use:
do {
// whatever
break;
} while (0);
Never loops, gets you out easily.
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