why no break N levels, as in other leading languages?

[Simon Brunning]

> From:	Evan Simpson [SMTP:evan at 4-am.com]
> This reminds me of a proposal that I actually coded up a Python patch 
> for, then lost:
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups?threadm=CXxz3.57%242y4.69103%40news-dal.co
> rridex.com
> 
> It allowed the above to be written as:
> 
> try:
>      for i in range(foo):
>          for j in range(bar):
>              for k in range(spam):
>                  if my_func():
>                      break 'Matched'
> continue 'Matched':
>      pass
> 
> This is more than syntactic sugar, since the association between the 
> break statement and the continue clause is completely lexical and static.
> 
> I realize that the 'continue' keyword syntax for the break target isn't 
> great, but I couldn't think of a better one.
 
How about:

try:
     for i in range(foo):
         for j in range(bar):
             for k in range(spam):
                 if my_func():
                     goto 'Matched'
tag 'Matched':
     pass

;-)

Simon B.
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