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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: The no goto religion
From:       James Richard Tyrer <tyrerj () acm ! org>
Date:       2007-08-02 22:41:01
Message-ID: 46B25D7D.5030505 () acm ! org
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Richard Moore wrote:
> On 7/29/07, Kevin Krammer <kevin.krammer@gmx.at> wrote:
>> You could also just return the moment you found a match.
> 
> Yes, I've never in 10 years found a case where I'd want goto in C++.

The question here is not if it is possible to avoid a "goto" but rather 
how much extra code is used to avoid using one -- meaning that using the 
"goto" is sometimes the most efficient solution.

Read Frank Rubin's letter to Communications (of the ACM) for examples 
and Donald Knuth's paper: "Structured Programing with _goto_ 
Statements". -- don't just take my word for it.

-- 
JRT
 
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