Re: [ANN] Lua 5.2.0 (beta-rc1) goto syntax

[HyperHacker <hyperhacker@...>]

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 10:05, David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> wrote:
> Edgar Toernig <froese@gmx.de> writes:
>
>>> Some real contenders:
>>> [label syntax]
>>
>> I think, the current syntax is OK (as would be ::label::).
>>
>> What is more important to me, is the syntax of the goto statement.
>>
>> In my experience, it helps reading and understanding code if the
>> jump-statement gives a hint about the direction the jump takes,
>> forward or backward.
>
> A common use case for goto is the implementation of state machines.  It
> would complicate the generation of them if you had to specify the
> direction where the label is to be found.
>
> --
> David Kastrup
>
>
>

How about:
goto a --redo
goto b --skip
? :)

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