strange for loop? C#

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In C# is a for(;;) safe and what does it really do?

So i recently came across something ive never seen before..

        for (; ; )
        {

        }

What is exactly happening when the feilds are left blank like that?

almost a dup of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1401159/for-or-while-true-which-is-the-correct-c-infinite-loop — Denis Ivin, Nov 30 '10 at 05:25

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 30 '10 at 05:19

It's an infinite loop.

Somewhere inside there should be a break; statement, or possibly an exception thrown in order for control to pass beyond the loop.

You could also achieve the same thing (probably more obviously) by doing

while (true)
{
    // do stuff
}

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 30 '10 at 05:19

2

This is an infinite loop, almost equivalent to a while(true) loop.

The break condition is not there in between the two semicolons, therefore, it must be there somewhere in the loop body.

answered Nov 30 '10 at 05:19

Aamir

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 30 '10 at 05:20

1

That's an infinite for loop.

answered Nov 30 '10 at 05:20

tpv

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