Infinite loops - top or bottom? [closed]

Question

In the spirit of questions like Do your loops test at the top or bottom?:

Which style do you use for an infinite loop, and why?

• while (true) { }
• do { } while (true);
• for (;;) { }
• label: ... goto label;

Answer 1

I usually use for(;;) { } which I always think of as "for-ever".

Some languages offer a repeat { } construct which will natively loop forever. I find the for(;;) { } construct visually the most similar to this because it is so different from the normal for() construct. This is an important attribute for an infinite loop that while(1) { } doesn't really have.

Answer 2

I now prefer the "for (;;)" idiom because it seems to 'stick out' more. I used to use the "while (true)" idiom because I thought it expressed intent better, but I've switched over because I think the "for (;;)" idiom is well known enough to adequately express intent as well as I believe it's better by being more visible.

Kind of like how Stroustrup made the new casts in C++ purposefully ugly - so they stick out.

Answer 3

offtopic: if you think about what you are trying to express, you usually won't need an infinite loop.

Answer 4

Infinite tail-recursion ;)

It's somewhat compiler-dependant...

Answer 5

PLEASE DO COME FROM (23)

Answer 6

10 some l33t code
20 goto 10