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Posted on 2021-Mar-21 at 11:41:23 (last update on 2022-Jun-20 at 00:28:00) by Phil
Things that would be useful to see in a language.
A common idiom is looping “forever” (well, practically you need to exit that loop at some time).
instead of
The idea is that the keyword forever stands out more obviously to the
reader, making it clearer what’s going on. In a language like C,
you could define a macro forever to be replaced by while
(1). Either way, the compiler should be on the lookout for
perpetual loops, and check that there is a path out of it (some sort of
accessible break; somewhere). Not finding a way out should be a
warning, not an error, as there is GUI code which loops forever.
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