OpenEuphoria

Re: New keyword added: continue

• Posted by Mike Sywensky <michaelsy at yah?o.com> May 11, 2008
• 825 views

Arthur Crump wrote:
> 
> Just another vote for 'next' rather than 'continue' in a for statement.
> 
> I am old enough to remember when 'next' was the end of a for statement
> instead of the much better 'end for' used now, but I think the proposal
> is a better use of .next'
> 
> Arthur Crump, Cheshire, UK.
> 
> ----------------------------
> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > 
> > Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
> > > 
> > > Continue has been added to Euphoria SVN. Continue is Exit's sibling.
> > 
> > 
> > But I seriously hope it is going to be renamed to something a lot more
> > natural
> > such as 'next'.
> > 
> > 
> > -- 
> > Derek Parnell
> > Melbourne, Australia
> > Skype name: derek.j.parnell

Although it may not make as much sense for someone learing euphoria as a first
language, I imagine most people are not using it as a first language.

My guess is most people are coming from other languages such as VB or C. 
'continue' is what is used by both languages.  That is my vote.