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The infamous "if loop" actually exists (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (7 children)

ELI5 plz

[–] aMockTie 43 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Statements that start with # in C/C++ are known as preprocessor directives, that is, they are executed before compilation begins. OP has used a #define which will replace any instance of A (IF(x)) with B (while (x)) in the code.

So the IF statement is really just a while statement.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

But what is it in reference to? What's the "infamous if loop"?

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