Re: assign to magic name-of-function variable instead of "return"

[abigail]

On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 08:25:17AM +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
>  
>    return ( $stuff, $morestuff, $whatever )  always close F;
> 
> I *really* like that keyword.
> 
> Though I'd prefer to see it as a block suffix:
> 
>       sub {
>               ...
>               return $yadda_yadda;
>       }
>       always { close F }
> 
> 
> Then you could add it to loops as well, in conjunction with the C<continue>:
> 
>       while (1) {
>               ...     # add to $text in complex ways
>       }
>       continue { $text .= "\n"; }     # separate with newlines
>       always   { $trycount++ }        # count attempts (including last)


Hmmm. If there's such an "always" block, I'd like to see it on all blocks,
including the continue [1]. But then, it becomes hard to figure out to which
block the always belongs....

[1] Only half-joking. I find it irritating I can't chain continue {}
    blocks. [2]
[2] I guess this is in the same department as me wanting to 'last' out
    of an if () {} else {} blocks, or to redo them.


Abigail