From 1416510046779637701 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,e92ba5a0251f1ca0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-07-31 08:03:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: David Schwartz Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: C++0x Wish List (deprecate null statement) Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 15:02:27 GMT Organization: WebMaster Incorporated Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <3D478FFA.75E92A7@webmaster.com> References: <23b84d65.0206181331.3d79ce9b@posting.google.com> <3d149fdd$0$233$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1028127751 mail2news:20307 mail2news mail2news.demon.co.uk X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Mail2News-Path: news.demon.net!mulga.cs.mu.oz.au X-Authentication-Warning: mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU: fjh set sender to devnull@stump.algebra.com using -f X-Robomod: STUMP, ichudov@algebra.com (Igor Chudov) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 07:21:30 +0000 (UTC) X-Accept-Language: en Lines: 24 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:12917 Stephen Howe wrote: > I do not wish to see null statements deprecated, I use this all the time. I > would write that as > > while (*(out++)=*(in++)) > ; > > Stephen Howe This could just as well be: while (*(out++)=*(in++)) { } No null statement needed. DS --- [ comp.std.c++ is moderated. To submit articles, try just posting with ] [ your news-reader. If that fails, use mailto:std-c++@ncar.ucar.edu ] [ --- Please see the FAQ before posting. --- ] [ FAQ: http://www.jamesd.demon.co.uk/csc/faq.html ]