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From: paulsc@orca.UUCP (Paul Scherf)
Newsgroups: net.lang
Subject: Re: null statements
Message-ID: <2112@orca.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Jul-86 14:28:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: orca.2112
Posted: Tue Jul 22 14:28:07 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 24-Jul-86 01:29:56 EDT
References: <800015@ccvaxa> <463@opus.nbires.UUCP> <442@sunybcs.UUCP>
Reply-To: paulsc@orca.UUCP (Paul Scherf)
Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR
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In article <442@sunybcs.UUCP> colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes:
>> So to get the effect equivalent to "zero" out of the null statement, do we
>> invent some sort of "positional notation" for statements?!?!
>
>Fine with me!  I'd rather be able to write
>
>	while ('\n' != getchar()) nothing;
>
>than
>
>	while ('\n' != getchar()) /* do nothing */ ;

You already can.  Well, almost.

	while ('\n' != getchar()) continue;

It works for do-while and for loops too.

Paul Scherf, Tektronix, Box 1000, MS 61-028, Wilsonville, OR, USA
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