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Created May 15, 2013 16:25
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The Java way of doing control flow
// the java way of doing control flow
try {
init;
for (;;) {
try {
if (!condition)
throw new ConditionNotMetExpection();
if (foo)
throw new ContinueExpection();
if (bar)
throw new BreakExpection();
update;
} catch (ContinueExpection e) {}
}
} catch (BreakExpection e) {}
catch (ConditionNotMetExpection e) {}
// same shit for while/do-while
// and function calls:
void Method() throws Throwable {
throw new ReturnValueExpection(someValue);
}
Object returnValue;
try {
Method();
} catch (ReturnValueExpection e) { returnValue = e.getValue(); }
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Why is this the Java way, you're the one throwing the exceptions here? Java even has labels so you can break multiple loops without resorting to stuff like this. Python has no labels, and uses exceptions for generators. So I don't know why you picked Java as your target.

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