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...way. Perhaps Duncan will give you a proper keyword to search in GCC/LLVM ML archieve. I found a page [1], and iiuc, the C standard allow the implementation (i.e., the compiler) to remove such empty infinite loop. Regards, chenwj [1] https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/MSC40-C.+Do+not+use+an+empty+infinite+loop -- Wei-Ren Chen (陳韋任) Computer Systems Lab, Institute of Information Science, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (R.O.C.) Tel:886-2-2788-3799 #1667 Homepage: http://people.cs.nctu.edu.tw/~chenwj

I do some google, I cannot find the answer... I check C std, I cannot find answer either. Delete infinite empty loop is boring, but if C/C++ lawyers could tell it is safe to to so, it would obviate the need to prove a non-countable loop infinite or not before DCE can delete it. That is the answer I'm waiting for to delete a disgusting dead non-countable loop in my way. On 11/14/2012

...a proper keyword to search in GCC/LLVM > ML archieve. I found a page [1], and iiuc, the C standard allow the > implementation (i.e., the compiler) to remove such empty infinite loop. > > Regards, > chenwj > > [1] > https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/MSC40-C.+Do+not+use+an+empty+infinite+loop >