| The goto statement in PHP [message #185732] |
Mon, 05 May 2014 13:50  |
Mr Oldies
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In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
distinction between a label and a variable.
In LB it is simple.
a=0 is a distinct variable.
[a] is a distinct label.
When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable "a"
is.
I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185734 is a reply to message #185732] |
Mon, 05 May 2014 14:27  |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/5/2014 9:50 AM, richard wrote:
> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
> distinction between a label and a variable.
> In LB it is simple.
> a=0 is a distinct variable.
> [a] is a distinct label.
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> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable "a"
> is.
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> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
>
Better yet - don't use goto. I never have needed it.
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185739 is a reply to message #185734] |
Mon, 05 May 2014 15:08 |
Mr Oldies
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On Mon, 05 May 2014 10:27:36 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 5/5/2014 9:50 AM, richard wrote:
>> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
>> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
>> distinction between a label and a variable.
>> In LB it is simple.
>> a=0 is a distinct variable.
>> [a] is a distinct label.
>>
>> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable "a"
>> is.
>>
>> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
>>
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> Better yet - don't use goto. I never have needed it.
Yeah I know. I've heard it a zillion times before.
"Any language that uses a 'goto' is one that is screwed up".
But hey, there are times when the evil is required.
I recall a scene from a movie.
Dozens of federal agents armed to the teeth break into a hacker's
residence.
He's busy trying to erase all of his hard work so they have no evidence.
"No you got it wrong boy. We're not here to bust you. This time. We're to
hire you!".
Purely for the drama of course.
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185740 is a reply to message #185739] |
Mon, 05 May 2014 15:33 |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 5/5/2014 11:08 AM, richard wrote:
> On Mon, 05 May 2014 10:27:36 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> On 5/5/2014 9:50 AM, richard wrote:
>>> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
>>> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
>>> distinction between a label and a variable.
>>> In LB it is simple.
>>> a=0 is a distinct variable.
>>> [a] is a distinct label.
>>>
>>> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable "a"
>>> is.
>>>
>>> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
>>>
>>
>> Better yet - don't use goto. I never have needed it.
>
> Yeah I know. I've heard it a zillion times before.
> "Any language that uses a 'goto' is one that is screwed up".
> But hey, there are times when the evil is required.
>
> I recall a scene from a movie.
> Dozens of federal agents armed to the teeth break into a hacker's
> residence.
> He's busy trying to erase all of his hard work so they have no evidence.
> "No you got it wrong boy. We're not here to bust you. This time. We're to
> hire you!".
> Purely for the drama of course.
>
Nope, goto is NEVER "required". Sometimes it's handy, but never required.
Even in almost 30 years of C and C++ programming I have never *HAD* to
use goto. Proper code structure eliminates the need (and reduces the
number of potential errors).
Now that's not to say I've *NEVER* used goto. But the number of times
I've used it can be counted on one hand. And then it's because I'm
doing device drivers or similar, where size and speed are important
(still true on some ARM devices).
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185743 is a reply to message #185740] |
Mon, 05 May 2014 15:44 |
Tim Streater
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In article <lk8avk$ivl$1(at)dont-email(dot)me>, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
> On 5/5/2014 11:08 AM, richard wrote:
>> On Mon, 05 May 2014 10:27:36 -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/5/2014 9:50 AM, richard wrote:
>>>> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
>>>> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
>>>> distinction between a label and a variable.
>>>> In LB it is simple.
>>>> a=0 is a distinct variable.
>>>> [a] is a distinct label.
>>>>
>>>> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable
>>>> "a" is.
>>>>
>>>> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
>>> Better yet - don't use goto. I never have needed it.
>>
>> Yeah I know. I've heard it a zillion times before.
>> "Any language that uses a 'goto' is one that is screwed up".
>> But hey, there are times when the evil is required.
>>
>> I recall a scene from a movie.
>> Dozens of federal agents armed to the teeth break into a hacker's
>> residence.
>> He's busy trying to erase all of his hard work so they have no evidence.
>> "No you got it wrong boy. We're not here to bust you. This time. We're to
>> hire you!".
>> Purely for the drama of course.
>
> Nope, goto is NEVER "required". Sometimes it's handy, but never required.
I was about to say that I hadn't used a goto since I stopped using
FORTRAN in 1978, but then I remembered that I had to use a flavour of
Pascal on a PDP-11 in 1982, and as that had no return statement, I had
to simulate one by putting a 999 label on the final 'end', and goto
that.
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Tim
"That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed,
nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185752 is a reply to message #185739] |
Tue, 06 May 2014 00:57 |
Doug Miller
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richard <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote in news:5a5ko3egtigm$.hpt5q76uozk1$.dlg@
40tude.net:
> Yeah I know. I've heard it a zillion times before.
> "Any language that uses a 'goto' is one that is screwed up".
> But hey, there are times when the evil is required.
Actually, no, it is not. It was mathematically proven some fifty years ago that GOTO is never
necessary. Google "Dykstra" for more information.
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185754 is a reply to message #185752] |
Tue, 06 May 2014 02:06 |
Richard Yates
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On Tue, 6 May 2014 00:57:49 +0000 (UTC), Doug Miller
<doug_at_milmac_dot_com(at)example(dot)com> wrote:
> richard <noreply(at)example(dot)com> wrote in news:5a5ko3egtigm$.hpt5q76uozk1$.dlg@
> 40tude.net:
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>> Yeah I know. I've heard it a zillion times before.
>> "Any language that uses a 'goto' is one that is screwed up".
>> But hey, there are times when the evil is required.
>
> Actually, no, it is not. It was mathematically proven some fifty years ago that GOTO is never
> necessary. Google "Dykstra" for more information.
That's "Dijkstra"
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185765 is a reply to message #185732] |
Wed, 07 May 2014 02:02 |
Norman Peelman
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On 05/05/2014 09:50 AM, richard wrote:
> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
> distinction between a label and a variable.
> In LB it is simple.
> a=0 is a distinct variable.
> [a] is a distinct label.
>
> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable "a"
> is.
>
> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
>
$a is a VARIABLE
a: is a LABEL
How are they not distinguished from one another?
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Registered Linux user #461062
-Have you been to www.php.net yet?-
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185772 is a reply to message #185734] |
Wed, 07 May 2014 15:13 |
Graham Hobbs
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On Mon, 05 May 2014 10:27:36 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
<jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
> On 5/5/2014 9:50 AM, richard wrote:
>> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
>> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
>> distinction between a label and a variable.
>> In LB it is simple.
>> a=0 is a distinct variable.
>> [a] is a distinct label.
>>
>> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable "a"
>> is.
>>
>> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
>>
>
> Better yet - don't use goto. I never have needed it.
Just reminds me of the 'sphagetti' code' days.
Graham Hobbs
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185776 is a reply to message #185772] |
Wed, 07 May 2014 19:07 |
The Natural Philosoph
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On 07/05/14 16:13, Graham Hobbs wrote:
> On Mon, 05 May 2014 10:27:36 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
> <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
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>> On 5/5/2014 9:50 AM, richard wrote:
>>> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
>>> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
>>> distinction between a label and a variable.
>>> In LB it is simple.
>>> a=0 is a distinct variable.
>>> [a] is a distinct label.
>>>
>>> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable "a"
>>> is.
>>>
>>> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
>>>
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>> Better yet - don't use goto. I never have needed it.
> Just reminds me of the 'sphagetti' code' days.
I have never NEEDED it above assembler code, it but I have occasionally
USED it.
I think its possible to say that its almost impossible to get away
without it at assembler level.
If I had a chip that didn't do it I'd probably do a subroutine call and
pop the stack pointer ;-)
In high level languages like PHP the curly brace, break, return and
continue are all goto statements. In that they break program flow in
defined ways unconditionally.
sometimes its syntatically cleaner to use a goto to break out of deep
nesting to a cleanup and exit routine than reverse out of all those
nested levels.
As with all things its not the tools fault, its how and when you use it.
Sometimes 'Go To jail: go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not
collect £200' is exactly the simplest way to express something.
I've always felt Dijkstra was a bit of a Dijk...frankly.
> Graham Hobbs
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| Re: The goto statement in PHP [message #185777 is a reply to message #185776] |
Wed, 07 May 2014 19:16 |
Tim Streater
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In article <lke0a8$gcs$1(at)news(dot)albasani(dot)net>, The Natural Philosopher
<tnp(at)invalid(dot)invalid> wrote:
> On 07/05/14 16:13, Graham Hobbs wrote:
>> On Mon, 05 May 2014 10:27:36 -0400, Jerry Stuckle
>> <jstucklex(at)attglobal(dot)net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/5/2014 9:50 AM, richard wrote:
>>>> In Liberty BASIC (LB) we also have branched goto labels.
>>>> As I was reading the goto manual on php.net I see where they make no
>>>> distinction between a label and a variable.
>>>> In LB it is simple.
>>>> a=0 is a distinct variable.
>>>> [a] is a distinct label.
>>>>
>>>> When goto [a] is encountered, it matters not what or where the variable
>>>> "a"
>>>> is.
>>>>
>>>> I'm just suggesting that they need a means to distinguish the pair.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Better yet - don't use goto. I never have needed it.
>> Just reminds me of the 'sphagetti' code' days.
>
> I have never NEEDED it above assembler code, it but I have occasionally
> USED it.
>
> I think its possible to say that its almost impossible to get away
> without it at assembler level.
Well, in assembler it'll just be a JMP or equivalent, won't it.
> Sometimes 'Go To jail: go directly to jail, do not pass Go, do not
> collect £200' is exactly the simplest way to express something.
I once worked with a FORTRAN compiler that gave exactly that message if
you put:
GOTO JAIL
> I've always felt Dijkstra was a bit of a Dijk...frankly.
Did he also try to insist on single-entry-single-exit for functions?
I've never paid any attention to that; early return for error
conditions is the way to do it.
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those who insist on a perfect world, freedom will have to do." -- Bigby Wolf
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