>SNIP
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>>John,
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>>First of all, I don't consider myself an "expert". Rather I simply believe that if there's a reason that is quantifiable for breaking "the rules", then by all means do so.
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>>OTOH, I think that, in most cases, following the rules demonstrates a long term benefit.
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>>The thing is, in order to follow the rules and to know when to break them requires that the rules, and their purpose, are understood in the first place.
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>George,
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>Where is this "rule" that says EXIT/LOOP are WRONG?
>EXIT/LOOP, for instance, do NOT qualify for the "single exit point" rule because they are not exiting the module but simply exiting (or redoing) some looping construct.
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Jim,

IMV, they're the xBase equivalent of GOTO. That's me. I've never found a reason to use them.