Re: Re: GOTO and/or BREAK LABEL (conclusion)

From: Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 17:37:55 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: GOTO and/or BREAK LABEL (conclusion)
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On 3/9/06, Steph Fox <[email protected]> wrote:
> > BdB>>Even though I like "jump", people will most likely be searching for
> > BdB>>"goto" (PHP manual) or "goto PHP" (Google) when
> > BdB>>they're trying to
> > BdB>>find out if PHP has such a functionality. So, maybe it's better to
> > BdB>>just call it "goto".
> >
> > For such people we might have a page in the manual saying:
> > goto: see jump
>
> Erm, wouldn't those people who need to refer to the manual be exactly the
> same people we wanted to protect from goto in the first place?  :)
>
> jump +1, if it counts

You are back to the main problem, you cannot educate people by keeping
them away from the "dangerous" functions.

Can we not commit this goto and move on?!?


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