Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucbvax!turing!sbw From: sbw@turing (Steve Wampler) Newsgroups: comp.lang.icon Subject: Re: Semantics of break break Message-ID: <9007211348.AA02352@turing> Date: 21 Jul 90 13:48:01 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 9 I think the easiest way to think about 'break expr' is that it is a control structure where first the break is performed and then the expression is evaluated. This has the effect that the expression is evaluated in the context surrounding the loop, not within the loop. -- Steve Wampler {....!arizona!naucse!sbw} {sbw@naucse.cse.nau.edu}