[swift-evolution] Proposal: "break for", "break do", "break if", "break case", "break repeat", etc.

[Chris Lattner]

> On Dec 9, 2015, at 1:26 PM, Amir Michail via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> With such constructs, you could avoid using labels most of the time.

Quick comment: this doesn’t eliminate the need for labels (since they provide the ability to break out of e.g. doubly nested for loops), but it does add complexity to the language.  As such, it doesn’t seem like a clear win to me.

-Chris

> 
> For example:
> 
> for … {
>  if … {
>    guard … else { break if }
>    ...
>  }
> }
> 
> for … {
>  for … {
>    if … {
>      break outer for
>    }
>  }
> }
> 
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