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| From | alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: try/except/finally |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| References | (4 earlier) <539396F3.5090508@stoneleaf.us> <mailman.10867.1402184850.18130.python-list@python.org> <2e94b972-a630-4190-bc33-1074eb3278e3@googlegroups.com> <ln6c16$3el$1@r01.glglgl.de> <mailman.10966.1402424068.18130.python-list@python.org> |
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| Organization | virginmedia.com |
| Date | 2014-06-10 19:02 +0000 |
On Tue, 10 Jun 2014 19:14:18 +0100, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 10/06/2014 08:27, Thomas Rachel wrote: >> Am 08.06.2014 05:58 schrieb Rustom Mody: >> >>> Some people¹ think that gotos are a code-smell. >>> ¹ I am not exactly those people. >>> A chap called E W Dijkstra made the statement: "Goto statement >>> considered harmful" and became famous. >> >> And became widely misunderstood. If anybody would read the whole what >> he wrote, people would learn that he doesn't criticise the *use* of >> goto, but he wants the *replacement* of goto with something else (like >> exceptions). >> >> As C doesn't have exceptions, goto is in many cases the simplest and >> easiest way of handling errors. >> >> Essentially, you can write both good and bad code both with and without >> goto. >> >> Thomaas > > I entirely agree. I find it incredible that some people find it so > difficult to differentiate having tens or even hundreds of gotos leaping > around willy nilly to a similar number of labels, and a similar number > of gotos targetted at one label called SNAFU or whatever. once the compiler gets hold of it all the CPU has to work with are goto variants, jump if equal etc.(I don't know the actual x86 assembler but it is the same on all processors) -- (It is an old Debian tradition to leave at least twice a year ...) -- Sven Rudolph
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try/except/finally Frank B <fbicknel@gmail.com> - 2014-06-06 10:30 -0700
Re: try/except/finally Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-06 13:39 -0400
Re: try/except/finally Frank B <fbicknel@gmail.com> - 2014-06-06 10:47 -0700
Re: try/except/finally Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-06-06 14:22 -0400
Re: try/except/finally Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-06-07 15:49 -0700
Re: try/except/finally Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-08 09:47 +1000
Re: try/except/finally Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-07 20:12 -0400
Re: try/except/finally Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-06-08 02:10 +0100
Re: try/except/finally Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-07 21:32 -0400
Re: try/except/finally Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-06-08 10:12 +0300
Re: try/except/finally Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-06-08 18:57 +0100
Re: try/except/finally Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-06-08 12:07 -0600
Re: try/except/finally Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-06-08 12:02 -0600
Re: try/except/finally Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-06-07 20:58 -0700
Re: try/except/finally Thomas Rachel <nutznetz-0c1b6768-bfa9-48d5-a470-7603bd3aa915@spamschutz.glglgl.de> - 2014-06-10 09:27 +0200
Re: try/except/finally Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-06-10 12:07 +0300
Re: try/except/finally Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-06-10 05:06 -0700
Re: try/except/finally Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-06-10 13:11 -0500
Re: try/except/finally Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-06-10 19:01 -0700
Re: try/except/finally Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-06-10 19:14 +0100
Re: try/except/finally Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2014-06-10 18:48 +0000
Re: try/except/finally Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-11 06:37 +1000
Re: try/except/finally Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-10 16:38 -0400
Re: try/except/finally Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-11 06:43 +1000
Re: try/except/finally Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-06-10 13:43 -0700
Re: try/except/finally Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-06-10 22:59 +0100
Re: try/except/finally Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-06-11 00:00 +0000
Re: try/except/finally Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-11 10:12 +1000
Re: try/except/finally Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-10 20:22 -0400
Re: try/except/finally Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney@gmail.com> - 2014-06-11 10:40 +1000
Re: try/except/finally Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-06-11 01:53 +0100
Re: try/except/finally Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-06-11 11:00 +1000
Re: try/except/finally Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-06-11 02:06 +0100
Re: try/except/finally alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-06-11 08:35 +0000
Re: try/except/finally Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-06-11 08:50 -0400
Re: try/except/finally alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2014-06-10 19:02 +0000
Re: try/except/finally Joshua Landau <joshua@landau.ws> - 2014-06-08 19:05 +0100
Re:try/except/finally Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-06-07 21:59 -0500
Re: try/except/finally Philip Shaw <jnufcvyvuc@tznvy.pbz> - 2014-06-09 09:13 +0000
Re: try/except/finally Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-06-09 12:40 +0300
Re: try/except/finally Shiyao Ma <i@introo.me> - 2014-06-10 00:23 +0800
Re: try/except/finally Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> - 2014-06-09 11:56 -0500
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