On Sep 15, 2011, at 8:13 AM, Lukas Renggli wrote: > > Q1 When are they absolutely required? > > Not needed, but convenient. JavaScript for example does't have them. Things > are done differently (exceptions, return values, ...).
do you have some examples how they do that? > > > Q2 What replacing mechanisms would be needed? > > Exceptions are typically used to simulate non-local returns if really needed. > > Lukas > > > Q3 What would we gain from an implementation stand point? > > It seems that in resilience lars removed them and more. > > > > Stef > > > > for Q1 I see > > > > foo > > x isZero ifTrue: [^ 33]. > > self continue > > > > -- > Lukas Renggli > www.lukas-renggli.ch
