Re: Is this the Free-Format that we asked for?

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I don't use LEAVE very much, but I have.  I do not like it,
but, when I see a LEAVE I know exactly what it's doing and where
it's going, and it can only go DOWN, not UP.  I think it should
be kept in.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Carel Teijgeler wrote:
> 
> Jon.Paris@hal.it wrote:
> 
> > Not true - I don't like Leave or LeaveSr either but at least they have the
> > benefit of having a language defined target - not one that can be moved
> > virtually anywhere in the code!
> >
> 
> Jon,
> 
> I do not agree with you on that. LEAVE jumps to the first END(DO) in the same
> subroutine. LEAVESR is like GOTO: it can jump to anywhere in a programme, 
>because
> a subroutine can be called from anywhere in a programme.
> 
> If IBM intents to drop GOTO, they should also drop LEAVESR.
> 
> Carel Teijgeler
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