Re: [avr-gcc-list] Feature request - compiler warning for"if"stmtsthat do nothing

[David Breeze]

>>> "Graham Davies" <address@hidden> 14 December 2004 14:33:44 >>>
People wrote:

> I hate it when I see an empty loop done as
> while (*a++ = *b++);
>
> It makes it so much more obvious ... when you ... do
> while (*a++ = *b++)
> ;
>
> Or even better
>  while (*a++ = *b++)
>  ; /* empty */
>
> My preference is something like
>    while (*dst++ = *src++)
>      continue;

>I can't resist any longer.  I always do this:

>while ( *a++ = *b++ ) { }

>This seems to me to state clearly that I haven't forgotten the body and that
>I intend it to be empty.

>Graham.

Better!  Also for those of us where safety is an issue "continue" and "break" 
statements from while or for loops are to say the least frowned upon/banned.  
See MISRA guidelines.

David Breeze


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