This really depends on the length of the loop. If there is no call to
die, hit, damage, etc, thus no way to lose the pointer reference, then it
is perfectly safe. I use both. The first being quicker by a hair, and
simpler to follow, I use it if I'm able.
Fafhrd of Duris
> > This is not an answer to the question, but a warning
for a common > > bug....
> >
> > > for (i = world[ch->in_room].people; i; i = i->next_in_room)
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> > |
> > This is dangerous. Special since 'i' has a chance for dying.
> > If 'i' die, then 'i->next_in_room' is NULL or something weird, since
> > 'i' is being extracted..
> >
> > what to do instead:
> >
> > Add a struct char_data *next_i;
> >
> > for (i = world[ch->in_room; i; i = next_i) {
> > next_i = i->next_in_room;
> > ...etc...
> >
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