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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] GOTO operator
From: php@hristov.com (Andrey Hristov)

Sara Golemon wrote:
>>do {
>>   .....code...
>>   if (something) break;
>>   ...code....
>>} while (0);
>>...cleanup code...
>>
> 
> Are you suggesting a hack is better than the real thing?
> 
> -Sara
The "hack" is working. The manual says :
" Advanced C users may be familiar with a different usage of the do..while loop,
to allow stopping execution in the middle of code blocks, by encapsulating them
with do..while (0), and using the break  statement. The following code fragment
demonstrates this:" (a similar code follows)
" Don't worry if you don't understand this right away or at all. You can code scripts
and even powerful scripts without using this 'feature'. "
(the manual states that people can code powerful things without goto hack).
Sara, if you need to have the goto, you know how to implement it with do..while.
The average Joe may not need goto in some case but he will find that it simplifies
his job (but making code clumsy, something what he does not realize).
It is not because I don't like the power of goto, I would like not to be given in the
hands of the newbie.

andrey