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

From: Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 18:57:47 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: GOTO and/or BREAK LABEL (conclusion)
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Steph Fox wrote:

BdB>>Even though I like "jump", people will most likely be searching for
BdB>>"goto" (PHP manual) or "goto PHP" (Google) when 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

- Steph If someone is searching for "goto" he/she most likely knows what he/she is looking for. So this also helps experienced developers who are new to PHP.

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