Empty loop elimination in 4.0 ?

Robert Dewar dewar@adacore.com
Mon Jan 10 14:34:00 GMT 2005


Oscar Fuentes wrote:

>>I think it is always a good idea to generate a warning
>>when an empty loop is detected (whether or not it is
>>eliminated), since this is either a timing loop, or it
>>is likely a bug.

> Not in C++.

Can you say why?
Note that I do not mean an empty body, I mean an empty loop.
Why shoudl a completely empty loop be interesting in C++




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