Re: FYI: Strip blanks from %*-param

[Paul Hilfinger]

> So far I've always been writing things like
>   while (*++x) /* NOP */;
> and never realized `continue' would work as well 
> and spare me one keystroke :)

Or, you can write

    while (...) { }

since empty braces are what you use for functions or C++ constructors 
that do nothing.  They're "big" enough not to be overlooked, unlike

    while (...); 
or
    while (...)
      ;
 
Paul Hilfinger