OpenEuphoria

Re: The fate of Euphoria (Goto statement)

• Posted by CoJaBo <cojabo at suscom.net> Nov 08, 2004
• 441 views

Dave Probert wrote:
> 
> Please:  NO Goto.  There is really no sensible need for it I can see.
> 
> A Case statement is a much cleaner option than a bunch of
> if-then-elsif-then-end statments.
> 
> They are not the same thing either.  
> eg.  
>   if a=b then
>     -- do something
>   elsif c=d then
>     -- do something else
>   end if
> 
> and
> 
>   switch a of
>     case b
>       -- do something
>     break
>     case c
>       -- summat else
>     break
>   end switch
That would be usefull for huge if statements,
but I doubt Rob would go to that much trouble
if he won't fix problems that don't have a way of doing.


> 
> The IF statement can have differing variables to check against, whereas the
> CASE checks
> the equality of 'a' against 'b' or 'c'.
> 
> Yes, the IF route can do exactly the same thing, but IMO is more difficult to
> read
> in the long run.
> 
> Just my 2 pence view.
> 
> Any chance we can kill this thread soon - it's getting to be boring seeing
> 'The Fate
> of Euphoria' as the main topic listed??
> 
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