Re: Semicolons (Re: Low-Rent Syntax)

anw@maths.nott.ac.uk (Dr A. N. Walker)
Wed, 29 Aug 90 14:04:07 GMT

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From: anw@maths.nott.ac.uk (Dr A. N. Walker)
Keywords: parse, design
Organization: Maths Dept., Nott'm Univ., UK.
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Date: Wed, 29 Aug 90 14:04:07 GMT

|> > while( x );/* a nasty case */
|> > x--;
|
|prog.c: line 12: degenerate "while" loop
|
|Tom Truscott
|[Which compiler is it? And when I really do want to write a degenerate
|while loop, how do I tell it not to complain? -John]


while (x)
skip; /* Down with empty null statements! */


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