Re: Suggested extention of the break statement
junk@junkmail.com (Gerard J. Cerchio) wrote (abridged):
"Jens Kilian" <jjk@acm.org> wrote in message
Would change semantics of code like
for (...) {
try {
if (...) break;
}
...
}
Preciesly:
[...]
break within the try avoids excessive if nesting, indicates local
scope and reduces number of tokens in code.
Um, I think Jens is arguing against your proposal, and your reply sounds
like you think he is agreeing with it.
Changing the semantics of existing, well-defined code is a problem for
backwards compatibility. It effectively introduces bugs into code which
used to be correct. The committee takes that very seriously and it's
probably enough to sink your proposal, unless you can show why it doesn't
really matter or can show benefits which outweigh this drawback.
(I am not on the committee myself.)
-- Dave Harris, Nottingham, UK.
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