java的while会错,在java中使用while循环时出现无法访问的语句错误

This seems very easy question, I found this question in one book. If anyone help me to figure out why I'm getting error.

do {

System.out.print("inside do");

} while (false);

while (false) { // error

System.out.print("inside while");

}

System.out.print("outside");

I thought, and according to me, output should be inside dooutside. But, it is showing Compiler Error : Unreachable Statement. Then, I tried to figure out, why, it is showing Compilation error : Unreachable Statement* . So, I change the above code like this

boolean i = false;

do {

System.out.print("inside do");

} while (false);

while (i) { // ok

System.out.print("inside while");

}

System.out.print("outside");

Now, it is showing expected output i.e. inside dooutside . So, my question is - what makes difference in first and second case ?

Also, when I check

if(false){

//something here

}

Then, above code executes without any error.

解决方案

The main difference between the first two examples is that in the first case, the condition is a constant, whereas in the second it is not.

For example, if you change boolean i = false; into final boolean i = false;, you will get the same compile error because i is now a constant.

The rules for unreachable statements are defined in the JLS 14.21. In particular there is a special treatment for if to allow if(DEBUG) structures where DEBUG might be a constant.

As for the do / while, the statement inside will be executed once so there is no problem.

More details about the constants in this related post.