RE: [PHP-DEV] Re: Labeled Breaks (not the G-word)

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005, Dmitry Stogov wrote: > 1) The new syntax makes mess for me. > "break" is a statement that exits from loop or switch, now we make a "goto" > statement but name it "break". > I belive that if we really implement goto (even with some limitations) we > shuld name it "goto", but not "break". > (changed in attached patch). > > 2) After (1) I don't see any reason in limitation to jump only down, if we > can jump up as well. (the limitation is removed in attached patch). We discussed both those points in the meeting, and afaik agreed on the current behavior for several reasons: - "goto" has a bad feeling: "The name "goto" is misleading, and often associated with BAD THINGS(tm). Because our proposed solution is not a real GOTO construct, we will instead reuse the "break" keyword, and extend it with a static label." - we wanted to prevent spagetti code which you can do by jumping up: "Similarly restricting the construct so that you can only jump down should satisfy people who do not want the ability to jump all over the place." regards, Derick