Why not make it hard for users to use GOTO in the first place? Develop some wacky construct that you have to use instead... that way, it will scare off novice users, and expert programmers will HAVE to know what they're doing and know that they really need it before they have to implement it. It's along the lines of "make the most dangerous stuff the hardest to do".
I'm not sure how, though... a huge language construct (goto_this_line_please)? Use numbers instead of labels? Relative jumping? Require extra messages? A weird symbolic construct? *shrug* On another note, if a GOTO was added, the ability to go " goto foo$bar " (dynamic goto) could add another gold star onto PHP's coolness. Jevon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank M. Kromann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 30, 2004 11:15 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] GOTO operator > We were all newbies at some point and most of us (not including myself) > learned how to handle the language, and so will the newbies of today, even > if GOTO is a part of the language. I don't see a need to make this an > ini-option. It is allready an option - use t or leave it alone. > > - Frank > > > Hello, > > > > I think we should add an INI option: > > > > php_newbie true|false > > > > ;) > > > > -- > > Best regards, > > Jason mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Thursday, July 29, 2004, 8:54:34 PM, you wrote: > > > > AH> Sara Golemon wrote: > > >>>do { > > >>> .....code... > > >>> if (something) break; > > >>> ...code.... > > >>>} while (0); > > >>>...cleanup code... > > >>> > > >> > > >> Are you suggesting a hack is better than the real thing? > > >> > > >> -Sara > > AH> The "hack" is working. The manual says : > > AH> " Advanced C users may be familiar with a different usage of the > do..while loop, > > AH> to allow stopping execution in the middle of code blocks, by > encapsulating them > > AH> with do..while (0), and using the break statement. The following > code fragment > > AH> demonstrates this:" (a similar code follows) > > AH> " Don't worry if you don't understand this right away or at all. You > can code scripts > > AH> and even powerful scripts without using this 'feature'. " > > AH> (the manual states that people can code powerful things without goto > hack). > > AH> Sara, if you need to have the goto, you know how to implement it > with do..while. > > AH> The average Joe may not need goto in some case but he will find that > it simplifies > > AH> his job (but making code clumsy, something what he does not > realize). > > AH> It is not because I don't like the power of goto, I would like not > to be given in the > > AH> hands of the newbie. > > > > AH> andrey > > > > > > -- > > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
