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From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Another "D" idea (Oh no, not again!)
Message-ID: <535@fig.bbn.com>
Date: 19 Mar 88 17:21:56 GMT
References: <1170@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> <316@wsccs.UUCP>
Followup-To: comp.lang.misc
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In comp.lang.c (<316@wsccs.UUCP>), val@wsccs.UUCP (Val Kartchner) writes:
>     I also think that there should be something like "break 'n';" (Where
>     'n' is a constant integer. ...

This is not a safe idea.  Suppose you have some multi-level lopping:
	while () {
	    for () {
		/* while () */
		    while () {
			....
			break 3;
		    }
	    }
	}
What happens if you uncomment the third line?


PLEASE!  Take this discussion elsewhere.  Go use comp.lang.pascal or
something now; this stopped being C specific long ago...
	/r$
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