From 5891778801757637227 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f78e5,e92ba5a0251f1ca0 X-Google-Attributes: gidf78e5,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-22 10:09:01 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!kibo.news.demon.net!news.demon.co.uk!demon!mail2news.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Stephen Howe" Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: Re: C++0x Wish List (deprecate null statement) Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 17:08:12 GMT Organization: Taylor Nelson Sofres Approved: Fergus Henderson , moderator of comp.std.c++ Message-ID: <3d149fdd$0$233$ed9e5944@reading.news.pipex.net> References: <23b84d65.0206181331.3d79ce9b@posting.google.com> Reply-To: "Stephen Howe" X-Trace: mail2news.demon.co.uk 1024765698 mail2news:5972 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) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Lines: 31 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.std.c++:12265 "Allan W" wrote in message news:23b84d65.0206181331.3d79ce9b@posting.google.com... > The null statement is error-prone, because it's second nature to > use a semicolen at the end of every statement -- even where it > doesn't belong: > > if (a==b); > TheyAreEqual(); // Oops! Called when it shouldn't be! > > We can't simply make the null statement illegal -- too much legacy > code. But there are already alternatives today, so we can deprecate it. > > My favorite alternative is the "continue" statement. > while (*(out++)=*(in++)) ; // Old way 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 --- [ 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 ]