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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2002 21:35:01 -0800
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Joshua Stewart <joshua.stewart@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: A little explanation needed
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On Sun, Dec 22, 2002 at 12:36:32AM -0500, Joshua Stewart wrote:
> 
> In otherwords, what's the use of a do{X}while(0) "loop" instead of just
> X.  I'm not the world's best trained C programmer, so forgive me if I
> sound stupid.

http://www.kernelnewbies.org/faq/index.php3#dowhile

Hope that helps,

greg k-h