scala不像c++、java提供了break关键字，它是通过Breaks类的方式来提供类似break关键字的预言特性。通过查看Breaks的源码可以知道，它使用了异常及异常处理来模拟实现了break功能。源码如下

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package scala
package util.control

/** A class that can be instantiated for the break control abstraction.
 *  Example usage:
 *  {{{
 *  val mybreaks = new Breaks
 *  import mybreaks.{break, breakable}
 *
 *  breakable {
 *    for (...) {
 *      if (...) break()
 *    }
 *  }
 *  }}}
 *  Calls to break from one instantiation of `Breaks` will never
 *  target breakable objects of some other instantiation.
 */
class Breaks {

  private val breakException = new BreakControl

  /**
   * A block from which one can exit with a `break`. The `break` may be
   * executed further down in the call stack provided that it is called on the
   * exact same instance of `Breaks`.
   */
  def breakable(op: => Unit) {
    try {
      op
    } catch {
      case ex: BreakControl =>
        if (ex ne breakException) throw ex
    }
  }

  sealed trait TryBlock[T] {
    def catchBreak(onBreak: =>T): T
  }

  /**
   * This variant enables the execution of a code block in case of a `break()`:
   * {{{
   * tryBreakable {
   *   for (...) {
   *     if (...) break()
   *   }
   * } catchBreak {
   *   doCleanup()
   * }
   * }}}
   */
  def tryBreakable[T](op: =>T) = new TryBlock[T] {
    def catchBreak(onBreak: =>T) = try {
      op
    } catch {
      case ex: BreakControl =>
        if (ex ne breakException) throw ex
        onBreak
    }
  }

  /**
   * Break from dynamically closest enclosing breakable block using this exact
   * `Breaks` instance.
   *
   * @note This might be different than the statically closest enclosing block!
   */
  def break(): Nothing = { throw breakException }
}

/** An object that can be used for the break control abstraction.
 *  Example usage:
 *  {{{
 *  import Breaks.{break, breakable}
 *
 *  breakable {
 *    for (...) {
 *      if (...) break
 *    }
 *  }
 *  }}}
 */
object Breaks extends Breaks

private class BreakControl extends ControlThrowable

从以上源码中可知，使用Breaks的breakable、break函数可实现循环中的break或continue效果。

import scala.util.control.Breaks._

// 等同break
breakable {
  for (i <- 0 until 10) {
    if (i == 7) {
      break
    } else {
      println(i)
    }
  }
}

// 等同continue
for (i <- 0 until 10) {
  breakable {
    if (i == 7) {
      break
    } 
    println(i)
  }
}