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[C++] Warning: infinite loop without side-effects is undefined behaviour.
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Idiom #50 Make an infinite loop

Write a loop which has no end clause.

Ouroboros eating its own tail

Idiom #50 Make an infinite loop

Write a loop which has no end clause.

Ouroboros eating its own tail
Code 
while (true) {
	// Do something
}
Code 
while (true) {
	// Do something
}
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You may remove the curly braces if the block is only 1 instruction.

The compiler might warn you that the loop expression is never false.
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You may remove the curly braces if the block is only 1 instruction.

The compiler might warn you that the loop expression is never false.

Warning: infinite loop without side-effects is undefined behaviour.