Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c
Subject	Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser
Date	2024-06-24 02:21 -0700
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Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> writes:

[...]

> Trying to make gotos less bad than they can be is not usually an
> overall positive.  Whenever I see a "good" use of goto, I try to
> see if there's a better way with no use of goto.  So far [noted an
> exception] I have not yet seen one that can't.

Some years ago I was revising/rewriting some code, and got to a
point where using a goto seemed like the best way to proceed.
And it was a really awful goto too, the kind of horror show one
might see in an obfuscated C contest.  The argument in favor of
using the goto is that not using it would have meant a really
ugly duplication of part of the algorithm.  There is no question
that I could have avoided using goto, but in that particular case
using goto seemed like a better choice than the alternatives.

Generally speaking I share your reaction to using goto.
Sometimes though using goto gives a nicer looking result
than local-scale alternatives.

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  Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 01:14 +0000
    Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2024-06-21 20:19 -0700
    Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-23 02:23 +0300
      Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-22 23:30 +0000
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          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-23 23:50 +0000
        Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-24 01:59 +0300
          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 00:31 +0000
      Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-23 11:23 +0100
        Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-24 01:33 +0300
          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-24 00:36 +0100
            Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 00:29 +0000
            Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> - 2024-06-24 04:38 +0200
              Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-24 02:56 +0000
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      Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-23 12:31 +0100
        Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.moc> - 2024-06-24 01:25 +0300
          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-23 22:58 +0000
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          Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Ben Bacarisse <ben@bsb.me.uk> - 2024-06-24 00:25 +0100
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            Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> - 2024-06-25 11:47 +0300
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              Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-25 22:51 +0000
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  Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-06-29 00:02 +0000
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