in reply to do/redo or for(;;): what's Kosher?

For infinite loops I like 
while(1>0)
{
  # do stuff
}

[download]
This makes it really obvious that I mean 'forever'. Some of my co-workers have said that it really jumps out at them.

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Re: do/redo or for(;;): what's Kosher?
by Anonymous Monk on Jan 04, 2002 at 12:35 UTC
    Personally, I just omit the condition all together: 
    while()
{
...
}

    [download]
    Not sure why it works, but it does.
[reply]
[d/l]
      This is why it works: 
      2;0 juerd@ouranos:~$ perl -MO=Deparse -e'while () { print "1\n" }'
for (;;) {
    print "1\n";
}
-e syntax OK

      [download]


      Many people aren't going to like this: 
      2;0 juerd@ouranos:~$ perl -MO=Deparse -e'while (1) { print "1\n" }'
for (;;) {
    print "1\n";
}
-e syntax OK

      [download]


      2;0 juerd@ouranos:~$ perl -e'undef christmas'
Segmentation fault
2;139 juerd@ouranos:~$

      [download]

[reply]
[d/l]
[select]
Re: Re: do/redo or for(;;): what's Kosher?
by robin (Chaplain) on Jan 04, 2002 at 19:39 UTC
    Along similar lines, I sometimes use 
      until (2 + 2 == 5) {
      ...
  }

    [download]
    which evokes eternity beautifully, in my mind.
[reply]
[d/l]
      Reminds me of a friend of mine (Hendrix fan), who always uses 
      
  if (6==9)
      as a break condition. Very cool, IMO.
[reply]

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom