https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=52961
--- Comment #12 from Eric Gallager <egallager at gcc dot gnu.org> ---
(In reply to Manuel López-Ibáñez from comment #10)
> Clang... suggests placing the ";" on a different line to silence
> the warning:
>
>
> warning: if statement has empty body [-Wempty-body]
> if(a);
> ^
> note: put the semicolon on a separate line to silence this warning
>
> which seems a nicer way to silence the warning instead of ugly { ; }
That's a debatable opinion; I think the braces do a better job expressing
grouping
