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digitalmars.D - Multi-Level Break?

reply Xinok <xnknet gmail.com> writes:
I'm sure this is something that has been discussed time and time again, but I
think D should have a multi-level break. I don't know PHP well, but I found out
it it's one of a few languages (if not the only language) that has this
feature. Example here:
http://phpbuilder.com/manual/control-structures.break.php

break 2; // Multi-Level Break

This is something which could also be applied to the continue keyword:
continue 2; // Breaks the current loop, and continues the outer loop
Jan 06 2007
parent "Vladimir Panteleev" <thecybershadow gmail.com> writes:
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 07:41:28 +0200, Xinok <xnknet gmail.com> wrote:

 I'm sure this is something that has been discussed time and time again,  
 but I think D should have a multi-level break. I don't know PHP well,  
 but I found out it it's one of a few languages (if not the only  
 language) that has this feature. Example here:
 http://phpbuilder.com/manual/control-structures.break.php

 break 2; // Multi-Level Break

 This is something which could also be applied to the continue keyword:
 continue 2; // Breaks the current loop, and continues the outer loop
Check this out: http://www.digitalmars.com/d/statement.html#LabeledStatement http://www.digitalmars.com/d/statement.html#BreakStatement D allows you to specify labels for loops, and break out of them. Although it requires you to define a label, the code is more flexible - if you happen to add or remove some loops between the break and the loop you're breaking out of, you'd have to update all breaks - and I'm sure this is a cause of bugs in PHP. -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Jan 06 2007