Re: Proposal - Continue stmt for PL/pgSQL

>
> Well, yes, but I don't think we should break compatibility
> arbitrarilly. I guess it could be argued that this is a missing feature
> in PL/SQL and its Ada parent - implementing GOTO just to handle this
> case seems unnecessary.

Yes. I din't use goto 5 years :-). Continue stmt is more cleaner and
readable.

now:

FOR i IN 1 .. 100 LOOP
continue := true
WHILE continue LOOP
...
EXIT; -- contine
continue := false; -- really exit
END LOOP;
END LOOP;

with continue

FOR i IN 1 .. 100 LOOP
...
EXIT WHEN ..
CONTINUE WHEN ..
END LOOP;

One argument for continue inside begin block - for discussion only.
on loop exit means break iteration, continue new iteration. Continue and
Exit are symmetric.

I didn't know ADA haven't continue. In PL/pgSQL there isn't any problem
implement continue stmt (wit any face), but goto stmt means relative big
changes in source code.

Pavel

>
> I agree with Tom that it should only be allowed inside a loop.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
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