Just a general comment: a "return" or "exit" from the middle of a procedure is really a goto, and an awful lot of languages still seem to support that.
Larry Dickson On 3/27/09, Christian Tismer <[email protected]> wrote: > On 3/27/09 8:40 PM, Richard Tew wrote: > >> 2009/3/27 Phoenix Sol<[email protected]>: >> >>> Gee, just thinking about goto brings back childhood headaches from all >>> that >>> horrible BASIC on the Commodore64 ;-) >>> >>> Please, someone explain why in the world you would want to use goto in >>> Python ?! >>> >> >> Personal preference. Not believing the "goto considered harmful" hype. >> > > Goto is for kids. > > The meliorated goto is the well-known > continuation, where a god-damned nono > a.k.a goto is turned into an expression > for the uncomputed future. > > """ > we managed to create butter from shit. > Consistency is perfect. > The weak point is taste, still. > """ > -- > Christian Tismer :^) <mailto:[email protected]> > tismerysoft GmbH : Have a break! Take a ride on Python's > Johannes-Niemeyer-Weg 9A : *Starship* http://starship.python.net/ > 14109 Berlin : PGP key -> http://wwwkeys.pgp.net/ > work +49 30 802 86 56 mobile +49 173 24 18 776 fax +49 30 80 90 57 05 > PGP 0x57F3BF04 9064 F4E1 D754 C2FF 1619 305B C09C 5A3B 57F3 BF04 > whom do you want to sponsor today? http://www.stackless.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Stackless mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.stackless.com/mailman/listinfo/stackless >
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