Suggested new C loop syntax

[John F Carr]

In article <264 at twwells.uucp> bill at twwells.UUCP (T. William Wells) writes:
>This is a bad syntax.
>	do
>		statement
>	while (expr);
>		statement
>
>See the difference? Well, in case you didn't, it is the semicolon at
>the end of the while expression. This is damned hard to spot and does
>not lead to a syntax error.

Do you never use loops in C?  If you do, you are vulnerable to the same
mistake regardless of which variety you use.

  while(expr);
     statement

and

  for(;;);
   
are legal under the current C standard.  I do not see how the proposed 
extension creates any new potential for failure.  

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