Unreachable Statement

[nishant vats]

1)while(false){
System.out.println("n");
}
Compile time error "Unreachable statement:"

2)
if(false){
System.out.println("h");
}

No compile time error

i cant understand why there is no complie time error for second case

[Joe Sondow]

The reason is that there are special rules for if statements that don't apply to loops. You can read all the rules for unreachable statements in the JLS 10.14.

[Mark Spritzler]

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