Re: while (1) vs. for ( ;; )

Charlie Gordon wrote: 
"Chris McDonald" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Ben Pfaff <blp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

I would suggest that both while(1) and for(;;) are potentially unclear
to a person (undergrad. student) seeing C for the first time
(while assuming they haven't seen Java or C++, either).

OK, I suggest that while(true) is *clearer*. 


BS

why not use the real clear thing :

WHILE (TRUE) {
}

or even

WHILE (TRUE == TRUE)
BEGIN
    ...
END

with obvious macro definitions for dummies ;-)


In variable and function declarations the virtues of stdbool.h is clear. Compare

   int isThisAPredicate;

and

   bool thisMustBeAPredicate;


August
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