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Re: A question about if constexpr

From David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no>
Newsgroups comp.lang.c++
Subject Re: A question about if constexpr
Date 2019-11-30 12:03 +0100
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On 30/11/2019 01:52, Öö Tiib wrote:
> On Friday, 29 November 2019 18:33:53 UTC+2, Mr Flibble  wrote:
>>
>> VC++ is correct to warn about while(2+2 == 4) and not for(;;) the later being the only acceptable why to do an endless loop (I don't agree that while(true) is just as good as it is syntactically less clean).
> 
> It was while(1) versus for(;;) last I saw anyone bothering to discuss
> those and these are still as apparently equivalent as these were back
> then.
> 

I always use "while (true)" - and all my programs have that at least 
once, being small embedded systems.

I have never liked the look of "for (;;)" - and I fear that some email 
programs will turn it into a rather weird smiley!

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A question about if constexpr Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-11-27 05:45 -0800
  Re: A question about if constexpr "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-11-27 15:03 +0100
    Re: A question about if constexpr Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-11-29 16:33 +0000
      Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-29 16:52 -0800
        Re: A question about if constexpr David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-11-30 12:03 +0100
          Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-30 03:47 -0800
            Re: A question about if constexpr David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-11-30 15:08 +0100
  Re: A question about if constexpr Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2019-11-27 18:40 -0500
    Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-27 23:16 -0800
      Re: A question about if constexpr Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-11-29 16:35 +0000
        Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-29 16:41 -0800
    Re: A question about if constexpr David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-11-28 10:24 +0100
      Re: A question about if constexpr Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2019-11-28 11:58 +0100
        Re: A question about if constexpr David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-11-28 12:37 +0100
        Re: A question about if constexpr Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2019-11-28 14:04 -0600
          Re: A question about if constexpr David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-11-29 09:23 +0100
            Re: A question about if constexpr Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2019-11-29 14:42 -0600
      Re: A question about if constexpr Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2019-11-28 21:09 -0800
        Re: A question about if constexpr "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-11-29 07:41 +0100
        Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-28 23:50 -0800
          Re: A question about if constexpr David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-11-29 09:38 +0100
            Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-29 17:15 -0800
              Re: A question about if constexpr Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-11-30 08:19 +0200
                Re: A question about if constexpr Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2019-11-30 00:24 -0600
                Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-30 02:13 -0800
                Re: A question about if constexpr Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2019-11-30 04:56 -0600
                Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-30 03:20 -0800
                Re: A question about if constexpr Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2019-11-30 05:38 -0600
                Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-30 04:57 -0800
                Re: A question about if constexpr Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2019-11-30 09:46 -0600
                Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-30 11:09 -0800
                Re: A question about if constexpr Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2019-11-30 20:03 -0600
                Re: A question about if constexpr Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-30 23:43 -0800
                Re: A question about if constexpr Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2019-12-01 04:56 -0600
                Re: A question about if constexpr Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2019-12-01 18:33 +0100
                Re: A question about if constexpr Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2019-12-01 19:27 -0600
                Re: A question about if constexpr boltar@nowhere.co.uk - 2019-12-02 08:34 +0000
                Re: A question about if constexpr Ned Latham <nedlatham@woden.valhalla.oz> - 2019-12-02 04:21 -0600
                Re: A question about if constexpr boltar@nowhere.co.uk - 2019-12-02 08:33 +0000
                Re: A question about if constexpr Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-12-03 17:05 +0000
                Re: A question about if constexpr boltar@nowhere.co.uk - 2019-12-03 17:09 +0000
                Re: A question about if constexpr Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-12-03 18:03 +0000
                Re: A question about if constexpr boltar@nowhere.co.uk - 2019-12-04 16:49 +0000
                Re: A question about if constexpr Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-12-04 18:36 +0000
                Re: A question about if constexpr boltar@nowhere.co.uk - 2019-12-05 12:51 +0000
        Re: A question about if constexpr David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-11-29 09:30 +0100
      Re: A question about if constexpr Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2019-11-29 10:51 +0200
  Re: A question about if constexpr Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-11-28 13:52 -0800
  Re: A question about if constexpr Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2019-12-01 14:42 +0100

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