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Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile

From Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
Subject Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile
Date 2013-06-25 20:40 -0400
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On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT), rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>
declaimed the following:

>On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 3:08:57 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:52 AM,  <> wrote:
>> 
>> > (NOTE:  Many people are being taught to avoid 'break' and 'continue' at all
>> > costs...
>> 
>> Why? Why on earth should break/continue be avoided?
>
>Because breaks and continues are just goto-in-disguise?
>
	Because GOTO is a wild-card, capable of redirecting to anywhere;
whereas break can only go to the exit of the loop (and in languages with
labeled loops, possibly the exit of an outermost loop -- cf: Ada), and
continue can only go to the next iteration of the loop (hmmm, does any
language have a continue that can go to the next iteration of an outer
loop?)

	Granted -- allowing /multiple/ break/continue begins to look ugly.
-- 
	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
    wlfraed@ix.netcom.com    HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/

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Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 07:38 +1000
  Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-24 19:01 -0700
    Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 13:54 +1000
    Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Benjamin Kaplan <benjamin.kaplan@case.edu> - 2013-06-24 21:20 -0700
    Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 17:21 +1000
    Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 10:00 -0600
      Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-06-25 09:19 -0700
        Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Neil Cerutti <neilc@norwich.edu> - 2013-06-26 13:09 +0000
    Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2013-06-25 20:40 -0400
      Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile jfharden@gmail.com - 2013-06-26 03:00 -0700
      Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> - 2013-06-26 19:56 +0000

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