[PLUG] Re: 'goto' in C code

[Kevin Falcone <kevinfal@seas.upenn.edu>]

>>>>> "WM" == Walt Mankowski <waltman@netaxs.com> writes:

  WM> On Fri, Jul 28, 2000 at 07:24:02PM -0400, Earl J. Morris wrote:
  >> [...] However, if used with care, it can make the code very
  >> efficient. [...]

  WM> Grep for "goto" sometime through the Linux source tree.  If
  WM> Linus uses them, they can't be all bad, right?


Like Earl said, it can make code efficient.  In a kernel, if you are
in the wrong place, you want to get the heck out of there in a hurry.
However, if you can, you're probably better off using setjmp/longjmp
instead of goto. 

-kevin

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