>>>>> "Chris" == Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Chris> In Perl, the most common legit use of `goto` seems to be jumping out of Chris> loops, Really? Where have you even seen that? I can show you an entire decade-spanning career of Perl programming where "goto" was never used to jump out of a loop. In Perl, we use "last", etc. Chris> though I wouldn't put it past a clever hacker to do something Chris> useful with it in some other context, if s/he knew what they Chris> were doing. On the whole though, it seems worth avoiding if it Chris> all possible. The "goto LABEL" in Perl is pessimized. No effort is made to make it work fast. It exists mostly to allow the s2p translator to work. *All* other uses are discouraged. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
