Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*?

[David Ford <david+cert _at_ xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Naturally. Evaluate the assembler when it's done.  Normally an 
unconditional jump takes less cycles than a conditional jump.  It's hard 
to argue with that.  Use the right tool for the job.  If the code 
expression necessitates a goto within a block of code to keep things 
neat and orderly, then do it.

Regarding the if () { ... }, there are no braces around the assembler 
code.  It's all a matter of linear instructions with jumps.  An if() { 
... } is a prettiness for our human eyes to organize code.

David

Rob Wilkens wrote:

>On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 14:58, David Ford wrote:
>  
>
>>The horrific response to the use of "goto" is deprecated in favor of 
>>proper use.  A function overloaded with gotos probably should be 
>>reworked.  But there there is no need to outright avoid the use of 
>>'goto'.  if()  is simply a conditional test with a goto A or goto B logic.
>>    
>>
>
>But if the if() is already there, there is no need to have an additional
>goto in the statement,  My version may even be faster than linus'
>version because it may save an extra assembler line of code (the beq or
>whatever branch statement generated by the if would do the branch during
>the if rather than after the if was evaluated and got to the first
>statement which was the goto).  Of course, compiler optimizatoins
>probably make that particular point pointless to discuss.
>
>  
>
>>There is a reason for the implementation of goto.  When it all boils 
>>down to it, in assembler it's all a matter of JMP with or without a 
>>condition.
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>>
>
>But in this case, the condition was already there..  My point is that if
>you don't need a goto, you shouldn't use it.  Whenever there's an
>obvious way not to use it, don't.
>
>-Rob
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