Re: bitwise comparators

[Ole-Hjalmar Kristensen <ohk@clustra.com>]

Keith Thompson <kst@cts.com> writes:

> Gautier <gautier.demontmollin@maths.unine.ch> writes:
> > The situation seems the same to me: both have for and while loops. Ada has
> > a conditionless loop in addition. Isn't there an exit statement in C ?
> 
> Yes, C's break statement is similar to Ada's exit statement.  A major
> difference is that a C break statement terminates the innermost
> enclosing loop or switch statement; it doesn't let you terminate an
> outer loop.
> 
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> Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst@cts.com  <http://www.ghoti.net/~kst>
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> Welcome to the last year of the 20th century.

C also has the continue statement. which is not so widely used, but
which is handy sometimes. Btw., I really like the Ada loop constructs,
especially the exit <named loop> construct which you mentioned.  The C
for statement is very general, but I have a nagging feeling that in
many instances a construct like Ada's 

loop 
...  
   exit when ...  
...
end loop; 

is a more maintainable alternative than trying to cram too much into
the for(...)  part of a C for loop.

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