The empty statement ";" - when is it useful?
BCS
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Sat Jul 25 14:13:59 PDT 2009
Hello KennyTM~,
> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>> D has ";" as the empty statement. In fact I think it's an empty
>> declaration because it can appear at top level.
>>
>> When is it any good? The only place I can think of is after a label
>>
>> blah: ;
>>
>> But then you can always say
>>
>> blah: {}
>>
>> which is arguably less puzzling. Any other places?
>>
>> Andrei
>>
> for (; cond; inc) { ... }
for({} false; 42) {}
>
> or as the result of a string mixin?
>
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