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| From | Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement |
| Date | 2020-12-05 22:42 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <87tuszri2s.fsf@bsb.me.uk> (permalink) |
| References | (2 earlier) <pOAyH.58886$OP2.50627@fx18.iad> <goto-20201205020907@ram.dialup.fu-berlin.de> <sJByH.38188$vhX.5591@fx17.iad> <87a6utro41.fsf@bsb.me.uk> <YlLyH.89633$J736.63364@fx42.ams4> |
Bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
> On 05/12/2020 02:19, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>
>> There's been a lot of talk about code looking "clean", but I like code
>> to be easy to reason about, and goto can seriously mess that up.
>>
>
> Not using goto can mess it up too, if it means lots more code, more
> identation and more logic.
Maybe. I'm always looking for good examples.
> Take this switch-case:
>
> switch (a) {
> case 10:
> puts("ten");
> break;
> case 20:
> puts("twenty");
> break;
> default:
> puts("other");
> }
>
> This a pattern of code I use a lot, but frequently, I want to execute
> the body of case 10 followed by that of 20. Or sometimes part of case
> 20, followed by part of case 10.
But this is not real code with a real purpose. It's possible that these
requirements stem from some earlier design decisions that may not have
been optimal. This is what I was saying before -- the simplest solution
/from here/ is not necessarily the best overall. Good code rarely
results from many locally optimal changes.
> These will be simple bits of code that are not worth putting into
> separate functions.
What is your criterion for that? I've written functions as simple as
double square(double x) { return x * x; }
I like functions. A lot.
> The following is a more specific pattern that for me occurs over and
> over again (the switch-cases and if-else chains or nested switch-case
> are usually much longer):
>
> switch (a) {
> case 10:
> if (a)
> else if (b)
> else
> <error handling code>
> break;
> case 20
> if (c)
> if (x) <error handling code>
> else if (d)
> else
> <error handling code>
> break;
> default:
> <error handling code>
> }
There are too many unknowns here to be sure what the best design is.
> The error code is the same in each case (and can use locals so is not
> practical to off-load to a function) This statement is not the last
> thing in a function, so it is not cleanup code at the end of a
> function like the other examples in the thread.
>
> What is the simplest solution in C?
There's no way to know. Do you have a real function with a well-defined
purpose that I could look at?
--
Ben.
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Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement "james...@alumni.caltech.edu" <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-12-04 10:14 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-04 11:19 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 04:35 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-04 13:50 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 10:49 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-04 13:09 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-04 14:03 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-03 23:02 -0800
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Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-09 12:39 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-10 10:45 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-12-04 19:35 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-04 19:49 -0500
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-04 20:52 -0500
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-05 02:19 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-05 01:43 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 02:00 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 02:01 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-05 22:45 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2020-12-11 19:33 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-12 21:12 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-05 12:49 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-05 22:42 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-06 05:46 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-06 14:16 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-12-06 06:54 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-06 16:19 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-12-06 15:34 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-06 23:56 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-07 11:11 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-07 11:41 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-07 15:35 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-07 15:48 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 11:46 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2020-12-07 20:01 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 13:03 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-07 11:01 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 03:35 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-07 07:33 -0500
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2020-12-07 13:11 +0000
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Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-07 08:58 -0500
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-07 15:48 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-07 15:45 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 07:29 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2020-12-07 22:34 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-07 15:38 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement kegs@provalid.com (Kent Dickey) - 2020-12-10 15:45 -0600
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2020-12-07 21:43 +0000
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Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 08:55 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-12-05 02:04 -0800
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2020-12-07 21:37 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-12-07 17:03 -0500
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-07 23:17 +0100
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Kaz Kylheku <563-365-8930@kylheku.com> - 2020-12-07 22:19 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2020-12-10 21:13 +0000
Re: Effective uses of c `goto' statement kegs@provalid.com (Kent Dickey) - 2020-12-10 15:30 -0600
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