I don't know. On Jun 15, 2017 12:29, "Tyler Compton" <xavi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not just panic, though? And why the infinite loop, I wonder? > > On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 9:56 AM Aldrin Leal <ald...@leal.eng.br> wrote: > >> Force a panic in case exit fails? >> >> -- >> -- Aldrin Leal, <ald...@leal.eng.br> / http://about.me/aldrinleal >> >> On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 4:54 AM, <goodwin.law...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hey, >>> >>> Learning golang at the moment and came across this at the end of func >>> main() in proc.go in the golang source tree. >>> >>> exit(0) >>> for { >>> var x *int32 >>> *x = 0 >>> } >>> >>> Ln 198 - 202 https://golang.org/src/runtime/proc.go >>> >>> How is the for loop ever reached and what's the purpose of the infinite >>> loop, zeroing memory? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Goodwin >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "golang-nuts" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "golang-nuts" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Tyler Compton > Software Engineering > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
