Re: errata/230: PROPOSAL - function_loop_statement should not allow "forever"?

From: Steven Sharp (sharp@cadence.com)
Date: Mon Jan 06 2003 - 10:50:04 PST

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    The following reply was made to PR errata/230; it has been noted by GNATS.

    From: Steven Sharp <sharp@cadence.com>
    To: etf-bugs@boyd.com, Shalom.Bresticker@motorola.com
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    Subject: Re: errata/230: PROPOSAL - function_loop_statement should not allow "forever"?
    Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:41:26 -0500 (EST)

     A forever loop is perfectly legal inside a function.
     
     Even if it were the responsibility of the language definition to try to
     disallow infinite loops inside functions, a forever loop is not necessarily
     infinite. A disable statement can exit it.
     
     Steven Sharp
     sharp@cadence.com
     

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