Re: I'd give my right arm for a continue statement

[Leo Razoumov <slonik.az@...>]

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 16:44, Leo Razoumov <slonik.az@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 11:42, Roberto Ierusalimschy
> <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>> In Lua, we cannot have traditional labels, because the syntax "foo:"
>> already has a different meaning. Instead, a simple syntax would be to
>> add labels only to "do end" blocks, for instance like this:
>>
>>  do :label:
>>    ...
>>  end
>>
>> Then, a continue could be written like here:
>>
>>  while cond do
>>    do :process_item:
>>
>>                    break :process_item:
>>
>>    end
>>  end
>>
>
> Roberto,
> this is great! Not only it would allow "continue" but this mechanism
> will also provide means to break from multiple nested loops in one go.
>

I guess more accurate statement should be: Allow "continue" across
multiple nested loops in one go.

--Leo--