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cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross) writes:

> In article <10ujm3r$3pnbb$1@dont-email.me>,
> David Brown  <david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
>
>> [snip] I have almost never had need of "goto" or labels (excluding
>> switch case labels, of course), and don't expect ever to do so in the
>> future.
>
> While I generally try to avoid it, there are times (in C in
> particular) when it really is the right tool; [...]

Yes.

> Breaking out of nested loops without a lot of unnecessary
> ceremony is sort of an obvious example;  [...]

Another scenario where using goto can be attractive is when
so-called "loop and a half" processing is needed.  Something
like this

    goto ENTRY;
    do {
        ....
      ENTRY:
        ....
    } while( ..condition.. );

is in many cases more attractive than goto-less alternatives.