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1. Panzerschrek · 1789756540 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't see how it can be useful. It's almost always an error to write such a loop. The only reason for it to exist is in very low-level code to do nothing, but for such cases using something like an external function written in assembly is perfectly fine, no C++ standard changes are necessary. It's even makes things harder by complicating the standard with little to no benefits in exchange.

   1. ahy1 · 1789854343 · focus · HN ↗

      It is certainly not almost always an error.

      It is a very normal thing to do when doing embedded programming. It normally means "I do not know how to handle this error. Let the watchdog reset me."

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