Re^3: Memory leak!

The first one makes it a bit clearer that you are intentionally looping an infinite number.

I'm not sure about this, but the while loop may also be a tiny bit more efficient in this case.

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Re^4: Memory leak! by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 12, 2011 at 20:20 UTC
cavac: You shouldn't speculate--just measure it with Devel::Benchmark! Roboticus ducks and runs while wondering if his machine can do more infinite loops per second than yours... ;^D ...roboticus When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.	[reply]
Re^4: Memory leak! by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 13, 2011 at 02:22 UTC
How could doing more work (evaluating a constant) be more efficient? It's not less efficient either, though. `while (CONSTANT) { ... }` gets compiled as `for (;;) { ... }` or `();` depending on whether the constant is true or false.	[reply] [d/l] [select]