for (; !Free; ) ; ????
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for (; !Free; ) ; Free = FALSE;what does the for loop means! I only see for(; ; ) not the above. Thanksit is the same as while(!Free) for (initialize ; test ; increment)
"[it was..] one of those evenings when you feel that not only will there definitely be a revolution, but that the Association of Manufacturers will foot the bill." -- Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum
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for (; !Free; ) ; Free = FALSE;what does the for loop means! I only see for(; ; ) not the above. ThanksAs Chris pointed out, this is equivalent to
while(!Free); //keep looping
This makes little sense except in a multithreaded context where you're expecting some other thread to release a resource marked by
Free. In fact, the snippet looks like a (very badly behaved) simulacre ofEnterCriticalSection. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo -
As Chris pointed out, this is equivalent to
while(!Free); //keep looping
This makes little sense except in a multithreaded context where you're expecting some other thread to release a resource marked by
Free. In fact, the snippet looks like a (very badly behaved) simulacre ofEnterCriticalSection. Joaquín M López Muñoz Telefónica, Investigación y Desarrollo -
for (; !Free; ) ; Free = FALSE;what does the for loop means! I only see for(; ; ) not the above. ThanksWatch that line! You've got a ; (semicolon) right after. You'll be in an endless loop, and
Freewill never get set toFALSE:while (TRUE == Free)
{
Free = FALSE;
}Seems redundant, but I explicitly test for
TRUEbecause who knows what magic numbers (#defined) mean.;P -- ian