On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:44:57 +0100, Rob Dixon wrote: > [ Good arguments about goto ] > A final note, perldoc perlsyn says > > A loop's LABEL is not actually a valid target for a goto; it's just > the name of the loop. > > and I am left wondering what this means, as I have had no problem > writing a 'goto' targetting such labels. I wonder if this is a mistake > in the documentation, or it is simply saying that such a goto is > deprecated?
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