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Subject: Re: [boost] Interest in breakable labeled scope emulation?
From: TONGARI (tongari95_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-01-15 21:10:20


2013/1/16 Jeffrey Lee Hellrung, Jr. <jeffrey.hellrung_at_[hidden]>

>
> It's a nice thought but:
> (a) I think the situation where you want to break and/or continue more than
> one loop-level out at a time is rare; and
> (b) in those rare situations, explicitly using gotos and labels (with a
> descriptive name) is reasonably brief and readable;
> so I would be hesitant to adopt this.
>

Why not provide a more structured way for jumping if we really want to
deprecate 'goto' in C++?
It's not only for the old hands but the newcomers to adopt a more
expressive control style.

I think Boost is a good place to start with, and we'll see if it'd be
finally made into C++ language.


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