Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw

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From: diamond
Date: Tue, 29 May 1990 00:45

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In article <1990May25.092150.24611@gdr.bath.ac.uk> exspes@gdr.bath.ac.uk (P E Smee) writes:

>One benefit of 'for(;;)' over 'while (1)' which I haven't seen
>mentioned is that most (in my experience) versions of 'lint' will
>cheerfully accept 'for(;;)' without comment, while giving a 'constant
>in conditional' warning for 'while(1)'.

#ifdef LINT
    for(;;) {
#else
    while(1) {
#endif
    :-)

(Of course lint is broken.  Broken tools were desirable in those days.)

(Follow-ups to comp.lang.c, because this topic does not belong in comp.std.c)
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From: diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa)
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Subject: Re: for(;;) vs. while(1) is a draw
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Date: 29 May 90 00:45:54 GMT
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