Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:20:50 -0700, Erik Max Francis wrote:
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Yes, which could be rephrased as the fact that `break` and `continue`
are restricted to looping control structures, so reusing `break` in this
context would be a bad idea. You know, kind of like the exact point I
made earlier which you're trying to nitpick in another reply.
No offense is intended Erik, but in my experience, when people complain
about others nitpicking, they've usually said something which is *almost*
correct, i.e. wrong :)
Can we agree that the plain English verb "break", as in "to break out
of", can apply to any of:
This is all great and all, but specific references earlier in the thread
were made to not just the concept of "breaking out of things," but to
the `break`, `continue` (not relevant here), and `return` keywords. It
was these that I was discussing.
I simply pointed out why the first and last were not good ideas for
consistency reasons (the second was never proposed as a good idea).
And, most importantly, why the whole idea is not that useful to start
with; there already exist far better ways to achieve your goals that are
already supported in the language, clear, and self-documenting if used
properly.
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