What does "for(;;)" do in C#?

Question

I've seen this on occasion in books I've read. But I've found no explanation.

for (;;)
{
  // Do some stuff.
}

Is it kind of like "while(true)"? Basically an endless loop for polling or something? Basically something you'd do until you intentionally break the loop?

Answer 1

Is it kind of like "while(true)"?

Yes. It loops forever.

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Also note the comment by Andrew Coleson:

Languages like C don't have built-in boolean primitives, so some people prefer for(;;) over while(1)

Answer 2

Yes.

In a for if nothing is provided:

• The initialisation does nothing.
• The condition is always true
• The count statement does nothing

It is equivalent to while(true).