Date: Tue, 02 May 1995 15:46:15 -0500 (CDT)
From: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>
Subject: Re: Bad bug with for(-;-;-) and an enum name
To: A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Organization: Rockhurst College; Kansas City, MO

>#include<stdio.h>
>enum{q=1,imax=256};

Nameless enums are rather bad practice, as they partially defeat one of
the purposes (i.e. type-checking) of enums.  Why not just use a #define?

>printf("B: "); for(i=-imax;i<imax;i++) printf("%d ",i); printf("\n");}
>printf("B: "); for(i=-imax;;i++) {printf("%d ",i); break;} printf("\n");}

Do you need both to add the break and to remove the upper bound to get
things to work the way you want?

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