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From: Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com>
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Subject: Re: Why no named case statements?
Date: Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:44:46 -0400
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> Ada has labels:
>
> <<Decide_This>>
>    case Some_Variable is
>        ...
>    end case;
>
> <<Decide_That>>
>    if Whatever then
>       ...
>    end if:

I prefer comments:

   -- Decide this.
   case Some_Variable is
       ...
   end case;

   -- Decide that.
   if Whatever then
      ...
   end if:

To me, a label is a warning that gotos are lurking around the place.

- Bob