On 7/30/07, Dinesh Joshi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm...well, it depends. The first block will break after executing > some instructions. It actually looks like a Do...While loop since it > executes instructions FIRST and then CHECKs the condition. > > The second block first checks the condition and then executes the > instructions. So it really depends on the specific code. The general > blocks can't be compared really as they are NOT the same.
OK, but is it worth spending some time evaluating my construct to actually avoid the while(true)? > Actually that piece of code will execute only ONCE. Why? Because you > have a break just before the closing brace of the while loop. Yes it will execute only once; that was not a typo ;) I guess it is meant as a replacement for the try-catch block. I'm guessing the reason is that no optimization is done inside try-catch blocks since any call inside the try block may lead to a branch. -- Siddhesh Poyarekar This document validates as Plain Text -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
