Re: uniqueness of {if,do,case}-construct-name

"Steven G. Kargl" <kargl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'd be interesting in your reasoning. AFAICT, the construct-name
> is local to the construct. For example, a EXIT or CYCLE in the 2nd
> loop of the example code that I posted will not branch to the
> end of the first loop.

You seem not to have noticed that Richard likes to use construct
names even when they aren't necessary, just so that he can tell
at a glance which control statements go with which construct.
Definitely a step in the direction towards self-documentation,
and I know from experience just how hard it can be to spot an
error caused by thinking a control statement refers to a
different construct than it actually does. Allowing multiple
constructs to have the same name erodes the effectiveness of
this self-checking feature.

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write(*,*) transfer((/17.392111325966148d0,6.5794487871554595D-85, &
6.0134700243160014d-154/),(/'x'/)); end


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