Re: continue/repeat...until false dichotomy

[spir <denis.spir@...>]

On Thu, 18 Feb 2010 20:20:34 -0500
Doug Currie <doug.currie@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 18, 2010, at 7:06 AM, David Kastrup wrote:
> 
> > Different semantics in repeat-until from the C semantics (and strictly
> > speaking, C does not have something called repeat-until anyway) for
> > "continue" are something I continue to claim as useful.
> 
> Yes. I would also expect continue to return to the top of the repeat loop. It's a much more useful option than jumping to the until-test, and avoids the scoping issue, as you pointed out.
> 
> -- e

I fully agree with this behaviour. Is the (only?) obstacle to the introduction of "continue" then suppressed, if we can agree with this semantics?

Denis
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