[BadThink6655321]

This is wrong in so many ways. First, I know the language. I’ve been doing this for almost 50 years. This isn’t a question of what the language allows but what the coder is trying to do.

Second, experience has taught me that code and comments often don’t agree. Too, if you have to comment that a loop really isn’t a loop then this is an indication that something is wrong.

Third, it isn’t a loop: while(false) never loops. That’s the point. Having to use a forward reference to understand the beginning of something is bad practice.

Fourth, this construct is almost always a sloppy way to prevent if-else creep. The code is invariably improved by a) not lying about the loop and b) refactoring.