Re: speaking of control structures...

Robert Cummings wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 12:56 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: >> Tom Worster wrote: >>> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can >>> break out of, e.g. >> >> As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternative is >> to use Exceptions which might be the most proper way to do it. > > That seems like an abuse of exceptions. But then we're already abusing > loops. I just don't think one could say it's the proper way to do it :) > > Cheers, > Rob. Why do you think it's an abuse of exceptions? If I have a block of code which I expect to run from the beginning to the end and I discover a situation wher its not appropriate to continue this block of code I is what I would call an exception. Exception don't have to be errors or such. It's just a special situation ... Marcus