Re: [avr-gcc-list] Feature request - compiler warning for"if"stmtsthatdo nothing

[David Breeze]

Thank you I was unaware of that source.

David

>>> Marc Wetzel <address@hidden> 14 December 2004 16:45:19 >>>
E. Weddington wrote:

> David Breeze wrote:
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>>> I can't resist any longer.  I always do this:
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>>> while ( *a++ = *b++ ) { }
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>>> This seems to me to state clearly that I haven't forgotten the body 
>>> and that
>>> I intend it to be empty.
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> Oh, all right, I'll chime in too.
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> I also do the above for the same reason. If someone *really* wanted to 
> be pedantic, they could put in a comment:
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> while(*a++ = *b++)
> {
>    // Intentionally empty.
> }
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>> Better!  Also for those of us where safety is an issue "continue" and 
>> "break" statements from while or for loops are to say the least 
>> frowned upon/banned.  See MISRA guidelines.
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> Do you have link to a free copy of the MISRA guidelines?
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> Eric
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A short overview is in (starting pages in german, later continues in 
english)
http://www.automotive-his.de/download/HIS_SubSet_MISRA_C_1.0.3.pdf

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