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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Taming The Switch-Statement
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cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:

> In article <11aoqa9$1rgda$1@dont-email.me>, bart  <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>
>> On 14/10/2026 20:30, Dan Cross wrote:
>> [snip more of the same already hashed and rehashed ad naseum]
>>
>> As for multiple nested loops, this will fix that too, that's great.  We
>> just require some real examples of that being needed!
>
> Here's a pretty terrible way to write part of a lexical
> analyzer.  I just typed this in an hour or so ago.
>
> [200+ lines of code]

This code provides an excellent example of why multi-level breaks
should not be added to C.  The code would be easier to understand
if all the 'break <label>;' lines were replaced with one of 'goto
TOKEN_COMPLETE;'  or 'goto COMMENT_COMPLETE;', as appropriate,
and with the loop labels being removed and the two new labels put
in at the appropriate places.