From: "Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@...>
Date: 2003-03-25T16:18:31+09:00
Subject: Re: exiting a loop

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin Sinclair" <gsinclair@soyabean.com.au>
To: "ruby-talk ML" <ruby-talk@ruby-lang.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 12:58 AM
Subject: Re: exiting a loop


> > What's wrong with a simple 'break'?  :)
> 
> > To swat a fly, use a flyswatter.
> 
> 
> catch(:finished) do
>   while cond1
>     while cond2
>       while cond3
>         while cond4
>           .....
>             while cond99
>               throw :finished if cond100
>             end
>           .....
>         end
>       end
>     end
>   end
> end

Point taken, Gavin.  :)

But his example showed one simple loop.
It seemed from context that he didn't
know about break. Catch/throw is nice,
but he does need to know about break.

Hal