Questions tagged [goto]
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What kind of bugs do "goto" statements lead to? Are there any historically significant examples?
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'...
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Is this a decent use-case for goto in C?
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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Is using goto ever worthwhile?
goto is almost universally discouraged. Is using this statement ever worthwhile?
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Do we still have a case against the goto statement? [duplicate]
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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Best practice to "continue" from inside a nested loop?
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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