RE: any chance of 2.6.0-test*?

["Folkert van Heusden" <folkert _at_ xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Now, it's provable you never *NEED* a goto.  On the other hand,
*judicious*
> use of goto can prevent code that is so cluttered with stuff of the form:
>         if(...) {
> 		...
> 		die_flag = 1;
> 		if (!die _flag) {...
>
> Pretty soon, you have die_1_flag, die_2_flag, die_3_flag and so on,
> rather than 3 or 4 "goto bail_now;".

There's always the construction:

	for(;;)
	{
		/* do something */

		if (something_failed)
			break;

		/* do something */

		if (something_failed)
			break;

		...

		break;	/* the final break */
	}

	etc.


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