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Article #4389Re: GOTO controversy
From: gomberg
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 16:48
Date: Sat, 09 Mar 1996 16:48
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This is goto-free and I think equally clear:>>>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HEV hev1, hev2, hev3; /* Event semaphores */
HMTX hmtx; /* Mutex semaphore */
void *ptr;
if DosCreateEventSem(0, &hev1, 0, FALSE) then do;
if DosCreateEventSem(0, &hev2, 0, FALSE) then do;
if DosCreateEventSem(0, &hev3, 0, FALSE) then do;
if DosCreateMutexSem(0, &hmtx, 0, FALSE) then do;
ptr = malloc(SOME_SIZE)
if ptr<>NULL then do;
/* Do some stuff here */
return TRUE; /* We did okay */ end;
DosCloseMutexSem(hmtx); end;
DosCloseEventSem(hev3); end;
DosCloseEventSem(hev2); end;
DosCloseEventSem(hev1); end;
return FALSE;
And I would assert my code is (1) a lot more PL/1-like and
(2) a lot easier to understand.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!hoho.quake.net!usenet From: gomberg@wcf.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.pl1 Subject: Re: GOTO controversy Date: 9 Mar 1996 16:48:00 GMT Organization: QuakeNet Internet Services (email info@Quake.Net) Message-ID: <4hsco0$rj5@hoho.quake.net> References: <rcshlds.1.000A6705@mailserv.mta.ca> <Dn8pJ8.nqs@emi.net> <4grt4e$8fg@goanna.cs.rmit.EDU.AU> <4hl8mt$4po@newshost.cyberramp.net> <DnwCxp.84C@clw.cs.man.ac.uk> Reply-To: gomberg@wcf.com NNTP-Posting-Host: l87.ip.quake.net X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.09