OpenEuphoria

Re: goto's, and loops

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Jul 29, 1999
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Why is there no "goto" in Euphoria? It would be easy enough to implement,
> and if you don't want to use it, you don't haveto. I've used it sparingly in
> other languages, for the example below, for example. Maybe i am in a rut,
> but i don't see an nice way to do this example in Euphoria, can you help,
> please? ( Without making another procedure and all the vars global. )

Let's see what you've written:

> loop1--------------
> something                  |
> loop2 -------------|---------
> test var, maybe goto      |                 |
> -- an "exit"                  |                 |
> EndOfLoop1----------               |
> more code                                      |
> EndOfLoop2------------------
> :target

Follow the lines. That's why
1. you  don't see gotos'  in all languages, and
2. you get a D on the assignment,
unless you can find a real life example where this construct works under all
test conditions, and cannot be replaced with simpler, properly nested code..

Irv