Re: Why is break not syntactically required to be the last statement in a block (anymore)?

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Subject: Re: Why is break not syntactically required to be the last statement in a block (anymore)?
From: Paul Ducklin <pducklin@...>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:27:00 +0000

>Why should "break" statements be allowed before the end of a block?

Forward goto?

I don’t think I have ever used goto in Lua but it’s there for those who want it (but was not in 5.1). Maybe that’s the reason for the grammar change?

Follow-Ups:
- Re: Why is break not syntactically required to be the last statement in a block (anymore)?, Lars Müller

References:
- Why is break not syntactically required to be the last statement in a block (anymore)?, Lars Müller