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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: stopping a loop iteration without exiting it
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 09:36:53 +0100
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On 2018-01-06 01:53, Keith Thompson wrote:
> "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:
> [...]
>> P.S. What I don't understand is why loop names cannot serve as labels.
>> Why this:
>>
>> loop
>>      ...
>>      goto Continue;
>>      ...
>>      <<Continue>>
>> end loop;
>>
>> Instead of simple:
>>
>> Process : loop
>>      ...
>>      goto Process;
>>      ...
>> end loop Process;
> 
> So you want "goto Loop_Name" to branch to the *bottom* of the loop, not
> the top?

The loop top and bottom are logically the same place. That is what loop 
actually means.

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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
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