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I have a switch structure that has several cases to handle. The switch operates over an enum which poses the issue of duplicate code through combined values: // All possible combinations of One - ...
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Here is a simplified sample. Basically, it does checks on a string from a string list. If the check passes, it will remove that string (filterStringOut(i);), and it is no longer ...
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I just wrote this code that uses a goto statement. if (PyMethod_Check(attrib_value)) { PyObject *im_self = PyObject_GetAttrString(attrib_value, "im_self"); if (im_self == Py_None) { ...
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Apropos of What kind of bugs do "goto" statements lead to? Are there any historically significant examples? I am not that learned in C, and to me the puzzle is that a single exit of a ...
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I understand that save for breaking out of loops nested in loops; the goto statement is evaded and reviled as a bug prone style of programming, to never be used. Alt Text: "Neal Stephenson thinks it's ...
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I have always known that goto is something bad, locked in a basement somewhere never to be seen for good but I ran into a code example today that makes perfect sense to use goto. I have an IP where I ...
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So I would like to be able to call a function like this: void func(1, 2, 3, (void*)label) // can return normal or to the labels //some code label: //different code Is it possible, and is it bad ...
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goto statements can sometimes be useful to go down (to lower lines of code) in code, but can create a mess if used to go up (to higher lines of code). Therefore, I am wondering if there is any ...
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My code has many checks to detect errors in various cases (many conditions would result in the same error), inside a function returning an error struct. Instead of looking like this: err_struct ...
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I came across this question a second ago, and I'm pulling some of the material off of there: Is there a name for the 'break n' construct? This appears to be a needlessly complex way for ...
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I discovered some time ago that the GOTO control keyword was introduced in PHP 5.3.0. http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.goto.php Why did it happen? What are the language design goals ...
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I really hesitate to ask this, because I don't want to "solicit debate, arguments, polling, or extended discussion" but I'm new to C and want to gain more insight into common patterns used in the ...
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In C, C++ and some dialects of BASIC, goto labels are declared with the syntax label:. I'm working on a language that uses name: type as the syntax for variable declarations, so I'd prefer if possible ...
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Possible Duplicate: Is it ever worthwhile using goto? In a recent article, Andrew Koenig writes: When asked why goto statements are harmful, most programmers will say something like "because ...
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goto is almost universally discouraged. Is using this statement ever worthwhile?
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