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Subject: Re: Is this PEP-able? fwhile
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 20:40:22 -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.
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