Commit 2a5dcfaf authored by Rob Pike's avatar Rob Pike

effective_go: add a discussion of labeled break and continue

Fixes #5725.

R=golang-dev, iant
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/13705044
parent cec0954d
......@@ -506,6 +506,8 @@ slightly generalized
<code>switch</code> is more flexible;
<code>if</code> and <code>switch</code> accept an optional
initialization statement like that of <code>for</code>;
<code>break</code> and <code>continue</code> statements
take an optional label to identify what to break or continue;
and there are new control structures including a type switch and a
multiway communications multiplexer, <code>select</code>.
The syntax is also slightly different:
......@@ -781,7 +783,46 @@ func shouldEscape(c byte) bool {
</pre>
<p>
Here's a comparison routine for byte slices that uses two
Although they are not nearly as common in Go as some other C-like
languages, <code>break</code> statements can be used to terminate
a <code>switch</code> early.
Sometimes, though, it's necessary to break out of a surrounding loop,
not the switch, and in Go that can be accomplished by putting a label
on the loop and "breaking" to that label.
This example shows both uses.
</p>
<pre>
Loop:
for n := 0; n &lt; len(src); n += size {
case src[n] &lt; sizeOne:
if validateOnly {
break
}
size = 1
update(src[n])
case src[n] &lt; sizeTwo:
if n+1 &gt;= len(src) {
err = errShortInput
break Loop
}
if validateOnly {
break
}
size = 2
update(src[n] + src[n+1]&lt;&lt;shift)
}
}
</pre>
<p>
Of course, the <code>continue</code> statement also accepts an optional label
but it applies only to loops.
</p>
<p>
To close this section, here's a comparison routine for byte slices that uses two
<code>switch</code> statements:
</p>
<pre>
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