You are right - misconception on my end.

Am Di., 7. Jan. 2025 um 13:18 Uhr schrieb Lénárd Szolnoki via Std-Proposals
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> On 7 January 2025 08:57:18 GMT, Simon Kraemer via Std-Proposals <
> std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >But using labels will cause problems with this:
> >
> >func1()
> >{
> > outer: for (…)
> > {
> > inner: for(…)
> > {
> > break outer;
> > }
> > }
> >}
> >
> >func2()
> >{
> > outer: for (…) // label already defined
> > {
> > inner: for(…) // label already defined
> > {
> > break outer;
> > }
> > }
> >}
>
> No, labels are scoped to function bodies, that wouldn't be ill-formed.
>
> >
> >Am Di., 7. Jan. 2025 um 09:44 Uhr schrieb Simon Schröder via
> Std-Proposals <
> >std-proposals_at_[hidden]>:
> >
> >> On 7. Jan 2025, at 07:44, Tiago Freire via Std-Proposals <
> >> std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> It's because we don't want things that you don't need from outstaying
> >> their welcome. A label is a thing that outstays long after they are no
> >> longer welcome.
> >> It's probably fine, but do I need to keep constantly looking at my
> >> shoulder to see if that label is going to stab me in the back?
> >> Let me forget things that I no longer need, and keep things clean.
> >>
> >>
> >> I agree with this. Naming things is hard. Most of the time I would
> expect
> >> to see something like this:
> >> outer: for (…)
> >> {
> >> inner: for(…)
> >> {
> >> break outer;
> >> }
> >> }
> >> I just know that I want to break the outer loop. If I had a real name
> for
> >> that loop it could most likely be a function. I’m not sure we know how
> to
> >> name loops.
> >>
> >> Because ‘outer’ and ‘inner’ are the most obvious names it would be nice
> if
> >> I can reuse those names for another loop in the same function (I
> personally
> >> tend to ignore Clean Code when I have an algorithm that I just want to
> >> write down top to bottom in a single function). If these are labels I
> >> cannot have 2 loops both named ‘outer’ in the same function.
> >>
> >> Somebody might argue instead that this would be the reason to use labels
> >> because they cannot be duplicate. It would avoid confusion if two loops
> >> have the same name inside the same function.
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