ANNOUNCE: 'goto' for Python

April 1, 2004

      Entrian Solutions is pleased to announce version 1.0 of the 'goto' module.

This adds the 'goto' and 'comefrom' keywords to Python 2.3, adding
flexibility to Python's control flow mechanisms and allowing Python
programmers to use many common control flow idioms that were previously
denied to them.

'goto' example: breaking out from a deeply nested loop:

    from goto import goto, label
    for i in range(1, 10):
        for j in range(1, 20):
            for k in range(1, 30):
                print i, j, k
                if k == 3:
                    goto .end
    label .end
    print "Finished\n"

'comefrom' example: letting cleanup code take control after an error.

    from goto import comefrom, label
    def bigFunction():
        setUp()
        if not doFirstTask():
            label .failed
        if not doSecondTask():
            label .failed
        if not doThirdTask():
            label .failed

        comefrom .failed
        cleanUp()

Computed 'goto's are also supported - see the documentation for details.
Computed 'comefrom's are planned for a future release.

Documentation and further examples:
    http://entrian.com/goto/index.html

Downloads:
    http://entrian.com/goto/download.html

The 'goto' module is released under the Python Software Foundation
license, and requires Python 2.3 or later.

Please note that this version does not work at the interactive Python
prompt - code importing 'goto' must be in a .py file.  This restriction
will hopefully be lifted in a future release.

-- 
Richie Hindle
richie@entrian.com