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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: stopping a loop iteration without exiting it
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2018 18:09:56 +0000
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On 2018-01-11 18:11, Simon Wright wrote:
>> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
>>
>>>> L:
>>>> [for|while...] loop
>>>>      ...
>>>>      goto L;
>>>>      ...
>>>> end loop L;
>>>>
>>>> Both outer Ls are part of what indicates the beginning
>>>> and end of the loop, resp. So, as others said in this thread,
>>>> there is syntactical ambiguity when using L with goto.
>>>> The meaning of the goto L is not clear or agreed upon
>>>> either, as readers here have said.
>>>
>>> Substitute "exit" for "goto" and reread your text.
>>
>> Sorry, but those are not the same. "exit" clearly means to leave the
>> loop; there's no way it could be interpreted as restarting the loop
>> completely. "goto" on the other hand, now I see it laid out like that,
>> certainly has the possibility of confusion.
>
> If there is no way to interpret exit as exit before the loop, then
> there is none for goto and conversely.

I lost track of the point you're trying to make, so I'll leave it there.