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To: Karoly Negyesi <karoly@negyesi.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Steal labelled break and continue from zig?
From: claude.pache@gmail.com (Claude Pache)



> Le 27 f=C3=A9vr. 2023 =C3=A0 23:36, Karoly Negyesi =
<karoly@negyesi.net> a =C3=A9crit :
>=20
> Hello,
>=20
> As I was reading =
https://kristoff.it/blog/zig-multi-sequence-for-loops/ I
> found a very nice trick which in PHP would be:
>=20
> foo: while ($i--) {
>  if ($ % 2) break foo;
> }
>=20
> What do you think?
>=20

Yes, I use sometimes this feature in JavaScript (which allows to =
=E2=80=9Cbreak=E2=80=9D any labelled block, not just loops).

That said, it is somewhat less needed, since we have `goto` in PHP. But =
it would be nevertheless welcome. (I won=E2=80=99t go as far as =
deprecating  `break 3;`, although I tend to avoid such code.)

> Le 28 f=C3=A9vr. 2023 =C3=A0 08:45, naitsirch@e.mail.de a =C3=A9crit :
>=20
> Unfortunately goto does not have a good image ;-)
>=20


The bad reputation of `goto` is  indeed harmful. I heavily use `goto` in =
PHP because I like structured programming. :-)

=E2=80=94Claude=