RE: [PHP-DEV] PHP 5.1

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005, Stanislav Malyshev wrote: > DR>>We're only talking about a goto that: > DR>>- can only jump to a static label > DR>>- can only jump inside the current scope > DR>> > DR>>With a parameterized break/continue you still can't just to the "end" > DR>>of > DR>>your function to do clean ups (unless you wrap it in a control block > > finally construct should do that, I think. IMO that's the right solution, > not goto's - and anyway if you allow goto only inside same block, what if > error condition happens inside other block? Are all your functions flat > without control blocks? What if exception happens - are you not going to > clean up then? exceptions and goto don't mix in the first place. goto can be used to emulate exceptions in non-OO code. > Using control blocks is no more ugly than using goto's - and thr right way > to do it is using exception handling and finally, IMO. IMO exceptions make more possibilities for spagetti code as you can use them to bubble out of the current scope. Also, exceptions are a no-no in procedural code. Derick -- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl | http://ez.no | http://xdebug.org