Re: GOTO operator

Quoting DvDmanDT <dvdmandt@telia.com>: > > And my point still remains. There are an awful lot of PHP programmers out > > there who really don't need an extra way to write for(), or while(), or > > do..while(). It makes maintenance work harder when you have a mixture of > > styles in there to cope with. > > > > I don't for a moment believe that Sara intended her GOTO implementation to > > be used as a simple alternative construct in any old situation that comes > > along, and that's where much of the point of this whole discussion lies. > > Because you can bet your ass that many coders out there will do just that > > thing. > > My point was to say it's powerful, as powerful as all those, not that it > could replace them.. I would still use while(), do..while() and for() the > times they are intended for.. I'm sure most of the people would.. There are > however situations where goto is what makes sense.. Even if it can be done > with do..while() or try..catch(), goto is just the real logic way to do it.. > Instead of not adding it, add warnings to the manual.. > Strangely why the acronym "RTFM" exists ? :-) andrey