for(;;) ? valid : bad programming
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thanks for all the responses, very informative. it seems like its acceptable to most.
to my mind though,
for ( ; ; )
and
while ( 1 )
must be poor programming style at the very least.
conveying programmer intention is surely best served with....
while ( TRUE )
anyway, question answered.
cheers
bill
ps talking more generally about programming style, anyone have any good sites or books that discuss it? I run a software department that is just moving over to C and would love to produce a "rules" book, but dont really know where to start!
to my mind though,
for ( ; ; )
and
while ( 1 )
must be poor programming style at the very least.
conveying programmer intention is surely best served with....
while ( TRUE )
anyway, question answered.
cheers
bill
ps talking more generally about programming style, anyone have any good sites or books that discuss it? I run a software department that is just moving over to C and would love to produce a "rules" book, but dont really know where to start!
As I say I'm a noob to C so bare with me. So is 1 (or non-zero presumably) actually defined as true? I thought I had read of some compilers reversing this, I may be wrong though.
The reason for not going to c++ is that its for embedded systems, its still quite difficult to get c++ compilers. There is almost never any problems getting a straight C compiler.
Bill
The reason for not going to c++ is that its for embedded systems, its still quite difficult to get c++ compilers. There is almost never any problems getting a straight C compiler.
Bill
Mr Jack (and everyone else) thanks for the replies. most helpful.
I particularly like the info about zero and non-zero return/error codes, always easier learning things when you know a bit more detail about the whys and wherefores. All good stuff.
As for embedded c++, it is becoming more common, but still nowhere near ubiquitous. We use quite a few different platforms, so its useful to have code in as portable format as possible. C fits that bill nicely. Having said all that, we used to use assembler!!
I particularly like the info about zero and non-zero return/error codes, always easier learning things when you know a bit more detail about the whys and wherefores. All good stuff.
As for embedded c++, it is becoming more common, but still nowhere near ubiquitous. We use quite a few different platforms, so its useful to have code in as portable format as possible. C fits that bill nicely. Having said all that, we used to use assembler!!