Re: Top 10 IDL Requests

[Craig Markwardt <craigmnet(at)cow.physics.wisc.edu>]

"richard hilton" <rdh5@dmu.ac.uk> writes:

> How about an equivalent of the C-commands CONTINUE and BREAK to control
> loops. This would be more elegant than the "GOTO....label" that exists at
> the moment. Maybe I'm being pedantic but this seems an obvious change.

I like this suggestion a lot!

Oooh, I just thought of something.  This may cause name conflicts.
People who use CONTINUE or BREAK as variable names would not be happy
if the language suddenly changed.  Still, I would highly prize these
constructs if they could be implemented discretely.

Craig


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