[swift-evolution] Proposal: Replace labels with keywords and "*" suffixes

[Amir Michail]

> On Dec 10, 2015, at 8:45 AM, Adrian Kashivskyy <adrian.kashivskyy at me.com> wrote:
> 
>> What “break" currently does can be unclear. For example, “break” without a label in do {…} doesn’t just break out of the do.
> 
> Because `do` isn't a loop.

Neither is a case but the “break" behaviour is different.

Moreover, you can give do a label to just break out of the do.

> 
> 
> Pozdrawiam – Regards,
> Adrian Kashivskyy
> 
>> Wiadomość napisana przez Amir Michail via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> w dniu 10.12.2015, o godz. 14:28:
>> 
>> 
>>> On Dec 10, 2015, at 8:20 AM, Kevin Wooten <kdubb at me.com <mailto:kdubb at me.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Curios as to what you see the advantage of this is, over labels? Seems to me it only saves a few keystrokes at the expense of clarity.
>> 
>> What “break" currently does can be unclear. For example, “break” without a label in do {…} doesn’t just break out of the do.
>> 
>> Also, I really don’t like coming up with label names. They tend to be uninteresting.
>> 
>>> 
>>> Given the stated goals of Swift I don’t imagine this would be an interesting proposal for many.
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 10, 2015, at 5:59 AM, Amir Michail via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> For example:
>>>> 
>>>> for* … {
>>>> for** ... {
>>>>  for ... {
>>>>    …
>>>>    if … { break for* }
>>>>    ...
>>>>    if … { continue for** }
>>>>    ...
>>>>  }
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> 
>>>> repeat {
>>>> do {
>>>>  for … {
>>>>    if … { break do }
>>>>    if … { continue repeat }
>>>>  }
>>>>  …
>>>> }
>>>> } while …
>>>> 
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