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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Alderson loop</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../A.html" title="A"/><link rel="previous" href="airplane-rule.html" title="airplane rule"/><link rel="next" href="aliasing-bug.html" title="aliasing bug"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Alderson loop</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="airplane-rule.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">A</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="aliasing-bug.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Alderson-loop"/><dt xmlns="" id="Alderson-loop"><b>Alderson loop</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [Intel] A special version of an <a href="../I/infinite-loop.html"><i class="glossterm">infinite loop</i></a>
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where there is an exit condition available, but inaccessible in the current
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implementation of the code. Typically this is created while debugging user
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interface code. An example would be when there is a menu stating,
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“<span class="quote">Select 1-3 or 9 to quit</span>” and 9 is not allowed by the function
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that takes the selection from the user.</p></dd><dd><p>This term received its name from a programmer who had coded a modal
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message box in MSAccess with no Ok or Cancel buttons, thereby disabling the
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entire program whenever the box came up. The message box had the proper
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code for dismissal and even was set up so that when the non-existent Ok
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button was pressed the proper code would be called.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="airplane-rule.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../A.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="aliasing-bug.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">airplane rule<6C></td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"><EFBFBD>aliasing bug</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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