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Re: New keyword added: continue

• Posted by Kat <KAT12 at coo?ahs.?et> May 28, 2008
• 788 views

c.k.lester wrote:
> 
> Kat wrote:
> > c.k.lester wrote:
> > > Maintainability of code is of utmost importance. Using goto is dangerous!
> > > :)
> > Why are these two blocks so different that you call the 2nd one "dangerous"
> > ?
> > for loop = 1 to x do
> >   -- code
> >   if x = blah then goto next end if
> >   -- code
> >   :next
> > end for
> > 
> > for loop = 1 to x do
> >   -- code
> >   if x = blah then next end if
> >   -- code
> > end for
> 
> Because adding loops therein could be problematic.

I do not see how. And frankly, the contrivance i post next i don't understand
either....

for loop1 = 1 to 12 do
  -- code
  goto next1
  -- code
  for loop2 = 1 to 12 do
    -- code
    goto next2
    -- code
    for loop3 = 1 to 12 do
      -- code
      goto next3
      -- code
      for loop4 = 1 to 12 do
        -- code
        goto next4
        -- code
        for loop5 = 1 to 12 do
          -- code
          goto next5
          -- code
          for loop6 = 1 to 12 do
            -- code
            goto next6
            -- code
            :next6 
          end for
          :next5 
        end for
        :next4 
      end for
      :next3 
    end for
    :next2 
  end for
  :next1 
end for

No, i don't write like that, but i feel you wanted an extremely good example of
stuff taken to bad extremes. But it does proove that you can word search in a
text editor to find the target easily, and won't skip a "next" target, because
the "goto" targets are plainly labeled above.

> > And ye who didn't know you were using code containing "exit",
> > how were you "maintaining" that code?
> 
> I'm not maintaining that code (they are in libraries I am including), so
> I don't care. :)

Good, then you won't care if i use goto. )

Kat