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From: gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: _continue_ as NOP
Message-ID: <15343@smoke.brl.mil>
Date: 27 Feb 91 20:35:12 GMT
References: <1991Feb22.181921.21478@inferno.peri.com>
Organization: U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, APG, MD.
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In article <1991Feb22.181921.21478@inferno.peri.com> shane@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.