Re: [ZEND-ENGINE-CVS] cvs: ZendEngine2 / zend_compile.c zend_compile.h zend_globals.h zend_language_parser.y /tests break_label01.phpt
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Hello Andi, having seen the syntag of those labeled breaks i also think we should either forget it completley or do this goto thing even though i clearly dislike goto. marcus Saturday, March 4, 2006, 1:36:10 AM, you wrote: > At 04:31 PM 3/3/2006, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: >>I really don't think labelled breaks at this point is worth this >>confusion. If this is going to happen, it should be goto-like. >>Something like this: >> >> while() { >> my_while: >> ... >> foreach() { >> ... >> break my_while; >> } >> } >> >>But then we are back to the all-out goto since you should be able to >>place the labels anywhere you want as long as you are not breaking >>into a deeper construct and only out of them, either forwards or >>backwards. And we don't seem to be able to agree on that. >> >>And I just re-read your point b) there and see that you said exactly >>the same thing, so yes, I agree with you. Did the goto patch let >>you use the label on a break as well? > Yeah but with the confusing semantics. I saw let's keep it simple. > Screw labeled breaks/continue. My email was probably confusing but I > meant we should do both (a) and (b) :) > We will provide regular goto with the obvious limitation of not > jumping into deeper constructs (which isn't relevant anyway). So your > example would work if you do "goto my_while" instead of "break my_while".