Why not just panic, though? And why the infinite loop, I wonder? On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:56 AM Aldrin Leal <ald...@leal.eng.br> wrote:
> Force a panic in case exit fails? > > -- > -- Aldrin Leal, <ald...@leal.eng.br> / http://about.me/aldrinleal > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 4:54 AM, <goodwin.law...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey, >> >> Learning golang at the moment and came across this at the end of func >> main() in proc.go in the golang source tree. >> >> exit(0) >> for { >> var x *int32 >> *x = 0 >> } >> >> Ln 198 - 202 https://golang.org/src/runtime/proc.go >> >> How is the for loop ever reached and what's the purpose of the infinite >> loop, zeroing memory? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Goodwin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Tyler Compton Software Engineering -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
