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| From | Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: the loop control |
| Date | 2011-11-02 01:20 +0200 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <878vnzig66.fsf@bazspaz.fatphil.org> (permalink) |
| References | <j8hrok$3cq$1@reader1.panix.com> <op.v35g1ubrlahckh@cantereyd> <j8miq2$kh4$1@reader1.panix.com> <4EAF28B8.7E25@mindspring.com> |
pete <pfiland@mindspring.com> writes:
> Joe keane wrote:
>
> > Anyway readability is key; to me code like
> >
> > ct = len;
> > fop = fob;
> > while (--ct >= 0)
> > {
> > ...(fop)
> > fop++;
> > }
> >
> > is so idiomatic that it's easiest.
>
> More idiomatic is:
>
> while (ct-- != 0) {
Don't forget the pretty, but too cute for its own good:
while (ct --> 0)
> ;
> }
Yeah, that's the kind of smiley my snippet deserves!
Phil
--
Unix is simple. It just takes a genius to understand its simplicity
-- Dennis Ritchie (1941-2011), Unix Co-Creator
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