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| From | Opus <ifonly@youknew.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c, comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: labels at the end of a function |
| Date | 2022-08-30 20:15 +0200 |
| Organization | Aioe.org NNTP Server |
| Message-ID | <telk39$1osb$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink) |
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Le 30/08/2022 à 11:46, Anton Shepelev a écrit : > Sam: > >> The more goto-s get written, the more likely is it for >> Chulhu to appear and bring humanity to an end. > > I disagree. Structured use of GOTO's (the topic of a Knuch > article!), especially when they jump down and nest stack- > like can greately simplify certain code structures. They > help to avoid returns from mid-function, and let the > programmer execute common deinitialisation code. My standard > pattern of error-handling is based on GOTO's: > > https://nedbatchelder.com/text/exceptions-vs-status.html#comment_15239 This is a relatively common pattern in C, and I also use it occasionally (meaning, not in all cases.) I find it quirky though, and it works for lack of better flow control in C. Something that is sometimes implemented as "defer" in other languages.
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labels at the end of a function Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 20:35 -0500
Re: labels at the end of a function Thiago Adams <thiago.adams@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 18:47 -0700
Re: labels at the end of a function Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2022-08-29 21:50 -0700
Re: labels at the end of a function Kaz Kylheku <480-992-1380@kylheku.com> - 2022-08-30 05:52 +0000
Re: labels at the end of a function Sam <sam@email-scan.com> - 2022-08-29 22:42 -0400
Re: labels at the end of a function Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2022-08-30 12:46 +0300
Re: labels at the end of a function Juha Nieminen <nospam@thanks.invalid> - 2022-08-30 11:20 +0000
Re: labels at the end of a function Opus <ifonly@youknew.org> - 2022-08-30 20:15 +0200
Re: labels at the end of a function Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> - 2022-08-30 05:50 +0000
Re: labels at the end of a function Elephant <diespammer@yahoo.it> - 2022-08-30 10:14 +0200
Re: labels at the end of a function Bo Persson <bo@bo-persson.se> - 2022-08-30 09:14 +0200
Re: labels at the end of a function scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-08-30 13:21 +0000
Re: labels at the end of a function gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2022-08-30 14:44 +0000
Re: labels at the end of a function Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-30 16:08 -0500
Re: labels at the end of a function Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@gmail.com> - 2022-08-31 01:04 +0300
Re: labels at the end of a function Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2022-08-30 20:29 -0500
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