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Re: Ideas for next Eu

• Posted by Kat <KSMiTH at PELL.NET> Nov 16, 1999
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----- Original Message -----
From: Greg Phillips <i.shoot at REDNECKS.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 1999 12:04 AM
Subject: Re: Ideas for next Eu


> Here's another program flow idea:
> restart(id)
> where id is the name of an enclosing function or procedure.
> Consider the following:
>
> integer a
> a = 0
>
> procedure test()
>     a+=1
>     if a != 2 then
>         restart(test)
>     end if
> puts(1, "a = 2!!")
> end procedure
>
> restart(test) implies that execution continues at the start of the
procedure.
> It could be used in conjunction with exit() to test for certain
conditions.
>
> Useless?  Maybe.  But heck, it's an idea.

Is that a "goto start of proc" or a recursive self-call ? Ie, do the vars
get reset, or new vars built?

Kat