Goto and label

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#1

the new version provides a solution LUA jump, both backward and forward.

This can be achieved thanks to “GOTO” and a “LABEL”.

Would like to know why you can not do with Corona SDK? What is LUA version which we are using?

#2

Corona uses Lua 5.1.  The goto statement was introduced in Lua 5.2.

But generally speaking, goto statements are poor programming practice.  If you’re finding a need to use it, you probably should reconsider how you’ve structured your code.

  • Andrew
#3

Thanks Andrew. Honestly, I do not use goto determine poverty or wealth of a program. What determines whether poverty or wealth of a program is the abuse of the goto statement and the implications that this entails. In programming there are too many myths.

#4

That’s fair: used carefully, goto is reasonable in some cases.

  • Andrew
#5

I don’t use Goto often

But sometimes it is very helpful to make my code compact to take care of some special situation. 

Will Corona SDK use new version of Lua?

#6

Corona uses Lua 5.1.  The goto statement was introduced in Lua 5.2.

But generally speaking, goto statements are poor programming practice.  If you’re finding a need to use it, you probably should reconsider how you’ve structured your code.

  • Andrew
#7

Thanks Andrew. Honestly, I do not use goto determine poverty or wealth of a program. What determines whether poverty or wealth of a program is the abuse of the goto statement and the implications that this entails. In programming there are too many myths.

#8

That’s fair: used carefully, goto is reasonable in some cases.

  • Andrew
#9

I don’t use Goto often

But sometimes it is very helpful to make my code compact to take care of some special situation. 

Will Corona SDK use new version of Lua?