Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> On Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:01:11 -0700 (PDT), rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com>
> declaimed the following:
>
>>On Tuesday, June 25, 2013 3:08:57 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>> On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:52 AM, <> wrote:
>>>
>>> > (NOTE: Many people are being taught to avoid 'break' and 'continue' at
>>> > all
>>> > costs...
>>>
>>> Why? Why on earth should break/continue be avoided?
>>
>>Because breaks and continues are just goto-in-disguise?
>>
> Because GOTO is a wild-card, capable of redirecting to anywhere;
> whereas break can only go to the exit of the loop (and in languages with
> labeled loops, possibly the exit of an outermost loop -- cf: Ada), and
> continue can only go to the next iteration of the loop (hmmm, does any
> language have a continue that can go to the next iteration of an outer
> loop?)
Bash:
continue: continue [n]
Resume for, while, or until loops.
Resumes the next iteration of the enclosing FOR, WHILE or
UNTIL loop.
If N is specified, resumes the Nth enclosing loop.
Jerry
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