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

[E. Weddington]

David Breeze wrote:

> > I can't resist any longer.  I always do this:
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> > while ( *a++ = *b++ ) { }
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> > This seems to me to state clearly that I haven't forgotten the body and that
> > I intend it to be empty.
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Oh, all right, I'll chime in too.

I also do the above for the same reason. If someone *really* wanted to 
be pedantic, they could put in a comment:

while(*a++ = *b++)
{
   // Intentionally empty.
}


> 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.
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Do you have link to a free copy of the MISRA guidelines?

Eric