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Re: New keyword added: continue

• Posted by c.k.lester <euphoric at c?l?ster.com> May 27, 2008
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Kat wrote:
> c.k.lester wrote:
> > How do you get next/continue or restart with goto (using only 4 letters?)? I
> > don't see a way to iterate using just goto. You'd have to do all sorts of
> > other stuff, methinks, to emulate these easier-to-use terms.
> 
> :restart
> for loop = 1 to 12 do
> :retry
>  -- code
>  if blah then goto restart end if
>  if blorg then goto retry end if
>  if not x then goto exit end if
>  if CK then goto next end if
>  if worstcase then goto cleanup&return end if
>  -- code
>  :next
> end for
> :exit

Ah, I see how next/continue would work there, and retry. But restart-
jumping OUT of a loop and then going back into it- looks like it might
cause interpreter pains (memory leaks, etc.). And jumping out of the loop?
Dunno. Maybe an interpreter modifier can speak to that.