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| From | Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c |
| Subject | Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); |
| Date | 2011-07-22 22:30 +0300 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <877h7at8p3.fsf@bazspaz.fatphil.org> (permalink) |
| References | <4e291da0$0$26840$426a34cc@news.free.fr> <8e6cc974-51b0-48a4-8e11-2f3d7a498a00@y24g2000yqb.googlegroups.com> <lnipqujmlq.fsf@nuthaus.mib.org> |
Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> writes: > gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> writes: > > On Jul 22, 7:49 am, Francois Grieu <fgr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> [Notes: This is 'only' a way to avoid gotos. It places > >> restrictions on the use of other do/while/for/switch. > >> The second brace could be before default, but I find > >> the dummy switch idiom more recognizable that way.] > > > > If your algorithm is most naturally/clearly expressed using a 'goto', > > use the 'goto' keyword. If you bodge together something that is > > LOGICALLY a 'goto' using keywords-that-aren't-goto -- simply to avoid > > typing the word 'goto' because you've heard that 'goto' is bad -- then > > whatever your reason was for avoiding 'goto' will still apply (only > > now you've obfuscated your code for reasons you clearly don't > > understand). > > > > Half-remembered saws like "Goto considered harmful" will never beat > > clear thinking. > > But break and continue aren't *just* disguised gotos. They're > tightly restricted gotos. They branch only to a specific point in > the code (the end of a certain construct), and unlike gotos they > can't branch to an earlier point in the code. Continue can. And does. Always. Phil -- "At least you know where you are with Microsoft." "True. I just wish I'd brought a paddle." -- Matthew Vernon
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do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 08:49 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); "Kleuskes & Moos" <kleuske@xs4all.nl> - 2011-07-22 00:58 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 01:46 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-07-22 13:16 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); "Kleuskes & Moos" <kleuske@xs4all.nl> - 2011-07-22 06:35 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); tom st denis <tom@iahu.ca> - 2011-07-22 08:37 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-22 12:20 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 16:41 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-22 12:10 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-07-22 19:39 +0100
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); luser- -droog <mijoryx@yahoo.com> - 2011-07-22 21:05 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2011-07-23 13:24 +0100
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2011-07-23 15:11 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-07-23 22:16 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-22 09:39 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-22 22:30 +0300
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-22 13:15 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-23 01:02 +0300
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Jens Schweikhardt <usenet@schweikhardt.net> - 2011-07-23 13:06 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-23 16:51 +0300
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-25 12:06 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Jens Schweikhardt <usenet@schweikhardt.net> - 2011-07-25 20:39 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-26 10:43 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-26 08:58 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-25 12:03 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-07-29 01:51 +0300
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); August Karlstrom <fusionfile@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 12:15 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2011-07-22 16:11 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); "Kleuskes & Moos" <kleuske@xs4all.nl> - 2011-07-22 08:14 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2011-07-29 14:38 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-07-29 09:23 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2011-07-29 15:58 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-07-29 10:42 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-07-29 14:56 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-07-29 20:47 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-07-30 09:12 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); James Kuyper <jameskuyper@verizon.net> - 2011-07-30 07:30 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Thomas Boell <tboell@domain.invalid> - 2011-07-29 17:08 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Ali <abdulrazaq@gmail.com> - 2011-07-29 08:21 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-22 12:24 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2011-07-25 10:34 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-07-25 08:54 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-25 09:08 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Willem <willem@toad.stack.nl> - 2011-07-25 16:52 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-25 11:37 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); cri@tiac.net (Richard Harter) - 2011-07-25 20:16 +0000
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 10:23 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-26 00:49 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-07-26 11:16 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-26 03:09 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-07-26 19:21 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-27 00:43 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); "io_x" <a@b.c.invalid> - 2011-07-27 11:29 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-27 08:30 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Kenneth Brody <kenbrody@spamcop.net> - 2011-07-26 10:39 -0400
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> - 2011-07-26 12:37 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Francois Grieu <fgrieu@gmail.com> - 2011-07-26 12:52 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> - 2011-07-26 13:18 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2011-07-26 08:57 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> - 2011-07-27 10:18 +0200
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Ali <abdulrazaq@gmail.com> - 2011-07-23 15:38 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Ali <abdulrazaq@gmail.com> - 2011-07-24 09:25 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); Nick Keighley <nick_keighley_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-07-26 01:01 -0700
Re: do{switch(0)default:{/*break or continue*/;}/*cleanup*/}while(0); gwowen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2011-07-25 03:08 -0700
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