Re: [Vala] Small syntax request labeled loops

["Travis Watkins" <amaranth ubuntu com>]

2008/6/30 Dov Grobgeld <dov grobgeld gmail com>:
> A small syntax enhancement borrowed from Perl that I would like to see in
> vala is labeled loops, that can be referenced in continue and break
> statements. Here is an example:
>
>
> pixels:
> while(foo) {
>     for (int i=0; i<1000; i++) {
>         if (a)
>             break pixels;
>         if (b)
>             continue pixels;
>     }
> }
>
> See the "last" and "next" statements of perl for a larger example.

Why not just ask for goto, that seems to be what you really want.

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Travis Watkins
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