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

[David Kastrup <dak@...>]

Edgar Toernig <froese@gmx.de> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>> Edgar Toernig <froese@gmx.de> writes:
>> 
>> > 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.
>
> Hmm... for some definition of "complicate", yes.  But at the same time
> you help later readers to find the target state in the code (code is
> read more often then written, so time spent making reading easier pays
> off).

That's what comments are for.

-- 
David Kastrup