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MEO265 opened this issue Sep 4, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by #2107
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Detection of while(TRUE) and while(FALSE) #2106

MEO265 opened this issue Sep 4, 2023 · 1 comment · Fixed by #2107
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MEO265 commented Sep 4, 2023

t would be handy to introduce a new linter that detects while(TRUE) constructs and suggests adopting repeat for clearer infinite loop indication. In the same linter, a feature could be developed to identify while(FALSE) constructs, signaling unreachable code or potentially as an additional feature of the existing unreachable_code_linter.
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the latter is #1428. the former should be a new linter, yes

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Add repeat_linter for infinite loops MEO265/lintr
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