From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 19:04:59 -0600 From: Dennis Lee Bieber Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Something I don't understand Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 20:05:00 -0500 Organization: IISS Elusive Unicorn Message-ID: References: <4a3e55f6-9f54-4084-9f37-96efd4b0d349@googlegroups.com> <0b358700-871b-4603-addd-65e07c7d59e5@googlegroups.com> <48278bd6-740c-40aa-b098-e20fe84fe911@googlegroups.com> <1y8jTxHPokATFwyx@ada-augusta.demon.co.uk> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 X-No-Archive: YES MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 76.249.25.84 X-Trace: sv3-haJGH6zQjlwsJRgstHxkLLCXR2qH0Tlfw/QhH/0wj1RJY0ecs2MWNn9fsO73iSsJOMs194WQ6y2hSag!dqnqKF+2jMSi3wYhDvAJy6ajHiAcG3DyPG1CIkEptMaxXz4NqRxqwrJ06IJE6583KCnIgE3vcWfk!mDeV+SzTbTty6FgS0g7vHQdhqw== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2317 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:184954 Date: 2014-02-17T20:05:00-05:00 List-Id: On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 17:42:39 +0000, Mike H declaimed the following: >In message <48278bd6-740c-40aa-b098-e20fe84fe911@googlegroups.com>, >Laurent writes >>> No need for a loop name. >> >>Not needed yes, but they won't hurt anyone. In this package is not only >>this loop but a few others. >>So I put named loops instead of comments. >> >It is all a matter of style. > >Personally, on seeing a named loop I would take it as a warning that >something nasty may be intended. Such as jumping out of an inner loop >and thus risking leaving some unfinished business behind. Along with the minor overhead of the compiler having to keep the label and address in some internal table until it falls out of scope... -- Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/