skipto doesnt jump backwards

[Luigi Rizzo]

On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 03:27:12PM -0700, Bill Fumerola wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 19, 2003 at 11:36:02PM +0200, Sten Daniel S?rsdal wrote:
> > 
> >  Are there any reasons to why skipto can't jump backwards?
> 
> 10 print "no good reason"
> 20 goto 10

the reason is that you cannot create loops in this way. In order
to create loops you need some external help such as a misconfigured
divert client.

	cheers
	luigi

> yes you could detect this - for a cost. are there any reasons why you'd
> want skipto to jump backwards? what problem are you trying to solve?
> 
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