BUG: CodeView Executes Entire Single Statement Loop

• Microsoft CodeView for MS-DOS, versions 2.2, 3.0, 3.11, 3.14, 4.0, 4.01, 4.05, and 4.1
• Microsoft CodeView for OS/2, versions 2.2, 3.0, 3.11, 3.12, and 3.5
• Microsoft CodeView for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.05, 3.06, 3.07, 4.0, 4.01, and 4.1
• Microsoft CodeView for Win32s, version 4.25

SYMPTOMS

Under certain circumstances CodeView will execute an entire for, while, or do-while loop containing a single line of source code. CodeView may appear to hang if the loop does many iterations, but that is not the case.

RESOLUTION

A detailed resolution follows. In the case of while and for loops, use braces in the loop body and do not have the closing brace on the same line as the single-line statement. In the case of do-while loops, do not have the while on the same line as the single-line statement.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this bug and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

The following forms of for, while, and do-while loops execute completely while trying to single step under CodeView:

   for( initialize ; test ; action )
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn;

   for( initialize ; test ; action )
   {  statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; }

   for( initialize ; test ; action ) {
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; }

   for( initialize ; test ; action )
   {
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; }

   while( condition )
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn;

   while( condition )
   {  statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; }

   while( condition ) {
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; }

   while( condition )
   {
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; }

   do statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; while( condition );

   do
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; while( condition );

   do { statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; } while( condition );

   do
   {  statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; } while( condition );

   for( initialize ; test ; action )
   {
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn;
   }

   for( initialize ; test ; action ) {
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn;
   }

   while( condition ) {
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn;
   }

   while( condition )
   {
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn;
   }

   do statement1, statement2, ..., statementn;
   while( condition );

   do
      statement1, statement2, ..., statementn;
   while( condition );

   do { statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; }
   while( condition );

   do
   {   statement1, statement2, ..., statementn; }
   while( condition );

Sample Code

/* Compile options needed: /Zi /Od
*/

#define SIZE 500

int array[SIZE];

int main(void)

   int index = 0, flag = 0;

   for( index = 0; index < SIZE ; index++)
      array[index] = index;  /* CodeView appears to hang
                                here. Wait and the loop
                                will execute completely.
                             */
   index = 0;

   while( index < SIZE )
   array[index] = index, flag = index++; /* CodeView appears to hang
                                            here. Wait and the loop
                                            will execute completely.
                                         */
   return ( 1 );