Re: speaking of control structures...

Robert Cummings wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 22:23 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: >> 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 :) >>> >> 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 where 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 ... > > While exceptions can certainly be used in this context and in a valid > manner, there's a fine line between an exception and a condition. The OP > was processing code that didn't appear exceptional, he was merely > managing flow control of the logic. This is a condition, not an > exception. Agreed! He wrote: if ( condition ) break; Although I had the impression that he expected the whole block of code to be executed and just wanted to break from this block in an exceptional situation.