On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > >>>>> "Chris" == Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Chris> In Perl, the most common legit use of `goto` seems to be jumping out > of > Chris> loops, > > Really? Where have you even seen that? I can show you an entire > decade-spanning career of Perl programming where "goto" was never > used to jump out of a loop. In Perl, we use "last", etc.
Sorry, yes, "what he said". What I meant was that the closest construct to a "goto" that I can think of is using "last" etc to jump out of a loop. It's not literally "goto", but the idea is similar. > The "goto LABEL" in Perl is pessimized. No effort is made to make it > work fast. It exists mostly to allow the s2p translator to work. > *All* other uses are discouraged. No argument here. -- Chris Devers -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
