Thanks for the clarification. The following is a sample to illustrate your points. (sorry about the previous premature incomplete post)
```groovy for (int x=1;x<7;x++) { println "x = $x" before: do { println('before') } while(false) println('between_1') during: do { println('during') switch(x) { //case 1: break before case 2: break during //case 3: break after //case 4: continue before //case 5: continue during //case 6: continue after } } while (false) println('between_2') after: do { println('after') } while (false) } ``` Which is roughly the same as the following psuedo groovy (scopes and blocks replaced with goto). ```psuedo_groovy for (int x=1;x<7;x++) { println "x = $x" before_continue: println('before') before_break: println('between_1') during_continue: println('during') switch(x) { //case 1: goto before_break case 2: goto during_break //case 3: goto after_break //case 4: goto before_continue //case 5: goto during_continue //case 6: goto after_continue } during_break: println('between_2') after_continue: println('after') after_break: } ```