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Article #3403Re: GOTO single exit point (was: Re: How to eliminate GOTO?)
From: Christopher R. Volpe
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:08
Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:08
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In article <KANZE.95Sep6105955@slsvhdt.lts.sel.alcatel.de>, kanze@lts.sel.alcatel.de (James Kanze US/ESC 60/3/141 #40763) writes: >In article <42hmj1$96o@rdsunx.crd.ge.com> volpe@bart.crd.ge.com >(Christopher R. Volpe) writes: > > >|> >Maybe you misunderstood me. I am _not_ proposing that gotos are a reasonable >|> >alternative to multiple return statements. Both are bad and avoidable. > >|> Ah... Ok. So you prefer the umpteen-levels-of-if-statement-nesting method? > >I don't pretend to speak for Paul Long, but I prefer the style where >each function does one, and only one, thing. What's your definition of "thing"? One statement? Doing "one thing" doesn't say much about the appropriate length of a function. > In this case, you don't >get umpteen levels of if statement nesting. Non-sequitur. There are a million ways that your "one thing" can go wrong, depending on what your "one thing" is. -- Chris Volpe Phone: (518) 387-7766 (Dial Comm 8*833 GE Corporate R&D Fax: (518) 387-6560 PO Box 8, Schenectady, NY 12301 Email: volpecr@crd.ge.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!bart.crd.ge.com!volpe From: volpe@bart.crd.ge.com (Christopher R. Volpe) Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: GOTO single exit point (was: Re: How to eliminate GOTO?) Date: 6 Sep 1995 13:08:40 GMT Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development Sender: volpe@bart (Christopher R. Volpe) Distribution: world Message-ID: <42k6go$fff@rdsunx.crd.ge.com> References: <3vn1ht$kj8@martha.utk.edu> <41cke4$gtd@sparcserver.lrz-muenchen.de> <41glno$3a0@caip.rutgers.edu> <41iebe$kec@news0.rain.rg.net> <41pm80$skp@inferno.mpx.com.au> <DE02nC.B58@eskimo.com> <41t0sb$15e@news0.rain.rg.net> <DE6G2z.JJD@crdnns.crd.ge.com> <4258ak$cj7@news0.rain.rg.net> <42hmj1$96o@rdsunx.crd.ge.com> <KANZE.95Sep6105955@slsvhdt.lts.sel.alcatel.de> Reply-To: volpe@ausable.crd.ge.com NNTP-Posting-Host: bart.crd.ge.com