Re: No Go To's Forever!

[Roger@natron.demon.co.uk (Roger Barnett)]

In article: <8b9fk3$l18$1@nnrp1.deja.com>  Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com> 
writes:
> 
> Another big bunch are continue gotos. Ada lacks a continue
> statement, and thus this facility must be simulated with a goto
> as in
> 
>    loop
> 
>     if ... then goto Continue;
> 
>    <<Continue>> null;
>    end loop;
> 
> This is actually quite a structured use of goto


I would argue that this use is clearer than the continue statement
as provided by C.

But then I've been known to suggest compulsory use of labels when
using exit in nested loops.

Like the original poster to this thread, these and other prejudices
come from cruel and unnatural software maintenance.

-- 
Roger Barnett

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