Curious thoughts, regarding functional programming

[Simen Kjaeraas]

On Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:00:56 +0200, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

> On 2011-10-12 18:18, Gor Gyolchanyan wrote:
>> You never know when exactly and in which conditions will that delegate
>> get called. You can't decide to quit something you don't know anything
>> about.
>
> If a function implements something similar to a loop I would like to be  
> able to abort it with a return just as you can with a loop built into  
> the language.
>
> void loop (void delegate () dg)
> {
>      while (true)
>          dg();
> }
>
> loop
> {
>      if (someCondition)
>          return; // stops the loop
> }

However, a lot of code using this syntax would be more complex than what
you indicate. Should it work simply as a break in the loop? What if it
is a recursive function? There is a reason why opApply is designed the
way it is.

-- 
   Simen