OpenEuphoria

Re: New keyword added: continue

• Posted by CChris <christian.cuvier at agricultur?.go?v.fr> May 12, 2008
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Euler German wrote:
> 
> > On 11 May 2008 at 3:29, Derek Parnell wrote (maybe snipped):
> 
> > 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'.
> > 
> 
> Why not "loop"?
> 
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Good catch.

However, if we are to add a loop construct that tests at the end (a do ... while
or repeat ... until loop), then, as we couldn't use repeat nor do, loop would be
the natural choice. This is why I keep thinking "next" is a little better, but
not by much.

CChris