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Explain what this loop does and whether it is a good use of assert

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Explain what this loop does and whether it is a good use of assert:

string s;
while (cin >> s && s != sought) { } // empty body
assert(cin);
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Asmaa
2022-07-06
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The loop are used to keep reading string from the input until `sought` found. It is a bad idea to use `assert` check whether `cin` is in an error state. Because when the program compiled with `NDEBUG` preprocessor variable, the statement would not be excuted.

 

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