Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-07 Thread Clancy
On Thu, 07 May 2009 09:33:00 -0400, f...@thefsb.org (Tom Worster) wrote: >On 5/6/09 9:31 PM, "Clancy" wrote: > >> I can understand your reluctance to disregard your mother's advice, but >> unfortunately she >> had been brainwashed to accept the dogma of the day. > >actually, i don't believe so. s

RE: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-07 Thread bruce
you know... interesting that goto can be found in code!! -Original Message- From: Robert Cummings [mailto:rob...@interjinn.com] Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 7:36 AM To: Tom Worster Cc: Clancy; php-general@lists.php.net Subject: Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures... On Thu, 2009

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-07 Thread Nathan Rixham
Robert Cummings wrote: On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 09:33 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: On 5/6/09 9:31 PM, "Clancy" wrote: I can understand your reluctance to disregard your mother's advice, but unfortunately she had been brainwashed to accept the dogma of the day. actually, i don't believe so. she did

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-07 Thread Robert Cummings
On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 09:33 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > On 5/6/09 9:31 PM, "Clancy" wrote: > > > I can understand your reluctance to disregard your mother's advice, but > > unfortunately she > > had been brainwashed to accept the dogma of the day. > > actually, i don't believe so. she did numeri

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-07 Thread Tom Worster
On 5/6/09 9:31 PM, "Clancy" wrote: > I can understand your reluctance to disregard your mother's advice, but > unfortunately she > had been brainwashed to accept the dogma of the day. actually, i don't believe so. she did numerical work so she continued using fortran and therefore gotos for the

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Clancy
On Wed, 06 May 2009 08:54:14 -0400, f...@thefsb.org (Tom Worster) wrote: ... >clancy, i can't argue with you. my desired usage of break is really just a >cover-up for a goto. i know. > >it makes no logical sense but i think i'd sooner adopt oop than gotos. my >mom taught me to program back in

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Nathan Rixham
Robert Cummings wrote: On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 08:41 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: On 5/6/09 7:05 AM, "Robert Cummings" wrote: That seems like an abuse of exceptions. But then we're already abusing loops. I just don't think one could say it's the proper way to do it :) i don't have a lot of intere

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Marcus Gnaß
Robert Cummings wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 22:23 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: >> Robert Cummings wrote: >>> On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 12:56 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: Tom Worster wrote: > there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can > break out of, e.g. > >>

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 15:50 -0500, Shawn McKenzie wrote: > Marcus Gnaß wrote: > > Robert Cummings wrote: > >> On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 12:56 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: > >>> Tom Worster wrote: > there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can > break out of, e.g. > >>>

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 22:23 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: > > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 12:56 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: > >> Tom Worster wrote: > >>> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can > >>> break out of, e.g. > >> > >> As Maarten pointed out yo

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Shawn McKenzie
Marcus Gnaß wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: >> On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 12:56 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: >>> Tom Worster wrote: there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can break out of, e.g. >>> As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternative i

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Marcus Gnaß
Robert Cummings wrote: > On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 12:56 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: >> Tom Worster wrote: >>> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can >>> break out of, e.g. >> >> As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternative is >> to use Exceptions

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Tom Worster
On 5/6/09 8:55 AM, "Per Jessen" wrote: > Shawn McKenzie already posted the right solution - did you miss it? no, per, i didn't. i like do {} while (0) very much. thanks, shawn! -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Per Jessen
Tom Worster wrote: > On 5/6/09 6:56 AM, "Marcus Gnaß" wrote: > >> Tom Worster wrote: >>> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you >>> can break out of, e.g. >> >> As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternative >> is to use Exceptions which might

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Tom Worster
On 5/5/09 8:55 PM, "Clancy" wrote: > On Tue, 05 May 2009 14:13:23 -0400, rob...@interjinn.com (Robert Cummings) > wrote: > >> On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 13:56 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: >>> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can >>> ... > >> But PHP 5.3 introd

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 08:43 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > On 5/6/09 6:56 AM, "Marcus Gnaß" wrote: > > > Tom Worster wrote: > >> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can > >> break out of, e.g. > > > > As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternati

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 08:41 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > On 5/6/09 7:05 AM, "Robert Cummings" wrote: > > > That seems like an abuse of exceptions. But then we're already abusing > > loops. I just don't think one could say it's the proper way to do it :) > > i don't have a lot of interest in "the

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Tom Worster
On 5/6/09 6:56 AM, "Marcus Gnaß" wrote: > Tom Worster wrote: >> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can >> break out of, e.g. > > As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternative is > to use Exceptions which might be the most proper way to do i

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Tom Worster
On 5/6/09 7:05 AM, "Robert Cummings" wrote: > That seems like an abuse of exceptions. But then we're already abusing > loops. I just don't think one could say it's the proper way to do it :) i don't have a lot of interest in "the proper way" to do things. i'm interested in how other programmers

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Robert Cummings
On Wed, 2009-05-06 at 12:56 +0200, Marcus Gnaß wrote: > Tom Worster wrote: > > there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can > > break out of, e.g. > > > As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternative is > to use Exceptions which might be the most p

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-06 Thread Marcus Gnaß
Tom Worster wrote: > there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can > break out of, e.g. As Maarten pointed out you could use a function. Another alternative is to use Exceptions which might be the most proper way to do it. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.ne

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-05 Thread Clancy
On Tue, 05 May 2009 14:13:23 -0400, rob...@interjinn.com (Robert Cummings) wrote: >On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 13:56 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: >> there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can >> ... >But PHP 5.3 introduces goto: > > >header: > >if( $something ) .

Re: [PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-05 Thread Robert Cummings
On Tue, 2009-05-05 at 13:56 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can > break out of, e.g. > > block { > > if ( condition ) > break; > > blah... > blah... > > if ( another condition ) > break; > > blah... > blah... >

[PHP] speaking of control structures...

2009-05-05 Thread Tom Worster
there's a control structure i wish php had: a simple block that you can break out of, e.g. block { if ( condition ) break; blah... blah... if ( another condition ) break; blah... blah... etc... } the block is just like a loop except that it is executed once only. this