Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #8428 Updated: continue doesn't pass thru a switch statement

Yes, I am sure it is an oversight. This should work as in C where the continue breaks out of the innermost loop, and a switch is not a loop. Not sure it is something we should change in a minor version though. -Rasmus On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Zak Greant wrote: > Cynic wrote: > > Um, I don't know. This looks to me like trying to hide problems/ > > inconsistencies/bugs too easily. :) I think it should stay in > > the bug realm. > > I, just like the other guy, consider this a bug. What good > > is continue within switch if it's the same as break, while it's > > clearly (meant to be) something different? It could as well > > trigger an error: 'use break instead'. > > We should ask the core developers how they want continue + > switch to work. I would guess that it was an oversight when > they were writing the language parser, but you never know... > > If it comes to group concensus, my vote is to change switch > to handle continue like if. > > The reason that I classed it as a feature request is because > switch + continue has behaved in this way for a long time. > > The behavior the user wants can be achieved with a minor > modification to their code. However, if PHP gets changed > to accomodate the behavior that the user wants, then other > people may have to change their code. > > Just my 0.02 cents > > --zak > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >