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On 2020-10-07 4:55 a.m., Alan Hayward via Gdb-patches wrote:
> I too am confused by the while(0)s. But it’s consistent with other targets,
> and it works, so ok (although, that shouldn’t be a reason for blindly copying).

The `do { } while (0)` is a typical trick when writing macros:

http://www.bruceblinn.com/linuxinfo/DoWhile.html

Simon