rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript
support continue statement
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Description
super useful statement, get's rid of need for huge if statements
can easily be implemented under the hood by injecting gotos
example code
for i = 0 to 10
item = items[i]
if item.isLocked
continue
end if
doSomeStuffwithItem(item)
end for
will produce code:
for i = 0 to 10
item = items[i]
if item.isLocked
goto namespace_class_method_continue1
end if
doSomeStuffwithItem(item)
namespace_class_method_continue1:
end for
note, I suggest we namespace the continue label with namespace_class_method_continue_index, as we could have multiple continues in one method, or even one loop.
it might be we just namespace on per file indexes though (i.e. take filename, and each continue that appears in the file has an index that increments each time a continue is encountered)
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the parser and compiler currently handle for loops, conditional statements, gotos, and labels. Compare the requested continue example with existing control-flow behavior, then determine the label-scoping and numbering rules needed for multiple continues. Done means valid continue syntax compiles correctly and its loop-control behavior is covered by tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100