Why is this an issue?
An infinite loop is one that will never end while the program is running, i.e., you have to kill the program to get out of the loop. Whether it is
by meeting the loop’s end condition or via a break, every loop should have an end condition.
Noncompliant code example
for (;;) { // Noncompliant; end condition omitted
// ...
}
int j;
while (true) { // Noncompliant; end condition omitted
j++;
}
int k;
boolean b = true;
while (b) { // Noncompliant; b never written to in loop
k++;
}
Compliant solution
int j;
while (true) { // reachable end condition added
j++;
if (j == Integer.MIN_VALUE) { // true at Integer.MAX_VALUE +1
break;
}
}
int k;
boolean b = true;
while (b) {
k++;
b = k < Integer.MAX_VALUE;
}
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