At 12:00 PM 3/20/98 -0700, [log in to unmask] wrote:
>There is a way to simulate Continue without using any Goto:
>
> Any_Loop:
> loop
> Continue_Loop:
> loop
> -- this loop is not a real one.
> -- it is not eexecuted more than once at a time.
> ...
> -- Continue
> exit Continue_Loop;
> ...
> exit Continue_Loop;
> end loop Continue_Loop;
> end loop Any_Loop;
>
>I agree it is rather ugly, but at least for those that are prohibited from
>using Gotos, they can simulate Continue; and the efficiency should be quite
>good.
>
>-- Vincent
Vincent,
I thought of this one too as an alternative to the goto but I thought it
was uglier and muddles the intent of the exit. The goto to a null last
statement of the loop makes the intent more clear...mike
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