🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <DE6G2z.JJD@crdnns.crd.ge.com>, volpe@ausable.crd.ge.com wrote:


> I'm not saying there aren't good uses of a goto. There are. But when you see a
> goto statment, bells and whistles should go off in your head, because it's a
> source of potential trouble. The more one becomes desensitized to goto
> statements by frequent use, the less likely one is to notice bad uses, IMO.
> Therefore, I use gotos only when the alternative is less readable. This is not
> true for the general case of multiple return points.

Bravo!

   I prefer multiple return statements to multiple goto statements.  When
a person is trying to find a problem in their own or someone else's
program, a return statement signals that you do not need to follow this
chain of logic any further.  A goto statement signals that you have to
worry and find then destination.  This worry and search for the label
compounds the difficulty.