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1. account42 · 1789745601 · focus · HN ↗

   Unfortunate. There isn't ever a good reason to have an infinite loop so concerned compilers could have just diagnosed this as a warning.

   1. echoangle · 1789745988 · focus · HN ↗

      The article mentions a use case for that:

      > What I found is that this is common in embedded and kernel code as a halt-on-error pattern. When a fatal error occurs and there’s no operating system to exit to, you simply stop:

      1. account42 · 1789746605 · focus · HN ↗

         Low level code can and should use assembly to get the precise effect they desire in these cases.

         1. mdspan · 1789746783 · focus · HN ↗

            That would be pretty cumbersome though. If you're targeting N different architectures, you would have to write N different assembly blocks.

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