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Re: EOF and GOTO and 0th array element

• Posted by Kat <gertie at PELL.NET> Aug 25, 2002
• 508 views

On 25 Aug 2002, at 10:44, Igor Kachan wrote:

> 
> Hello Juergen, Hello Derek, 
> 
> > Îò: Juergen Luethje <jluethje at gmx.de>
> > Êîìó: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Òåìà: Re: EOF and GOTO and 0th array element
> > Äàòà: 23 àâãóñòà 2002 ã. 23:20
> > 
> > Derek <ddparnell at bigpond.com> wrote:
> > 
> > <snip>
> > > I will argue against the "exit n" idea for 
> > > a number of reasons.
> > > The first reason is that over time, the value 
> > > of 'n' might change as
> > > modifications change the nesting level 
> > > of the 'exit' statement.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> This 'n' must be considered if it is 3 or more.
> 
> For 1 and 2, there are the simple old good 
> standard antispaghetti EU constructions, 
> for example:
> 
> procedure loop()
>     while x do
>        -- code 1
>        while y do
>            -- code 2
>            if a then return -- = exit 2
>                 else exit   -- = exit 1
>            end if
>            -- code 3
>        end while
>        -- code 4
>            if b then exit 
>            end if 
>     end while
> end procedure
> 
> So, the question is - how frequently we use
> 3 and more nested loops - as a reason to 
> implement exit n.
> 
> This question has to have a simple answer -
> let us search through 930+ archive packages
> to find this too deep loops' percentage.
> 
> But I am too too lazy to search and to struggle 
> for this >=3 new feature in the interpreter,
> sorry please, OK?  
> 
> Who wants?

NOT ME. I prefer the simple goto you already did. 

Kat