Loop label style question

[王富民awaw]

I wonder does anyone know the reason and history of why loop labels are styled as such:

* Labels are *unindented*.

  All Go constructs, such as fields in structs indent to the right.

  Why does loop labels unindented to the left?

* Labels start with capital letters.

  Since all other Go identifiers start with lower case, why is loop label an exception?

```

func foo() {

    ok := true

    // Why is the loop label unindented backwards to the left?

Loop:

    for {

        switch {

        case ok:

            // Why is the loop label capitalized?

            break Loop

        }

    }

}

```

Thanks in advance to those who are ancient enough to share the story behind loop labels.

[Kurtis Rader]

I am writing a program that uses branch labels. It uses your example pattern to break out of a loop when a particular `select` situation occurs. Branch labels are not indented because they represent unusual locations for modifying the flow of control. This seems perfectly cromulent to me.

A branch label does not have to begin with a capital letter. Where did you get the idea it has to begin with a capital letter? Also, what you call a "loop" label is better characterized as a branch label.

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