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  • C CPallini

    My 5, that code is pure Horror. Anyway (I made a test) the goto statement it is ininfluent. BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language? :)

    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
    [My articles]

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    Member 4072299
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    For me, the GOTO statement is to be removed completely. When you got to situations where you need to skip a finally, you should better rethink your design/architecture and your code. A clean rewrite of your code and your conditions and tests let you avoid situations like this easily and cleanly!!! ________________________________________ http://www.glyphart.com neat icons and glyphs for websites and applications

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      For me, the GOTO statement is to be removed completely. When you got to situations where you need to skip a finally, you should better rethink your design/architecture and your code. A clean rewrite of your code and your conditions and tests let you avoid situations like this easily and cleanly!!! ________________________________________ http://www.glyphart.com neat icons and glyphs for websites and applications

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      CPallini
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      You cannot skip (at leat that way) finally. On the overall I agree with you. I don't see any reason (maybe there are...) to live the goto statement in C#. IMHO: - In C the goto statement makes perfectly sense. - In C++ it makes seem because of C compatibility. :)

      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
      [My articles]

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      • C CPallini

        My 5, that code is pure Horror. Anyway (I made a test) the goto statement it is ininfluent. BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language? :)

        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
        [My articles]

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        BadKarma
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        CPallini wrote:

        BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language?

        A reason ? Maybe no, but you could need one if you use a switch.

        switch(iData)
        {
        case 0:
        case 1:
         // do stuff for 0 and 1
         break;
        case 2:
         // do stuff for 2
         goto 3;
        case 3:
         // do stuff for 2 and 3
         break;
        }
        

        Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.

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        • C CPallini

          My 5, that code is pure Horror. Anyway (I made a test) the goto statement it is ininfluent. BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language? :)

          If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
          This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
          [My articles]

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          Dan Neely
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          Search the lounge for prior floggings of this subject. There are (very) rare cases when a goto can actually make the code more readable. "Because otherwise I'd have a half dozen levels of if/else indentation in [a 1000 line VBA function]" isn't one of them. :mad: :doh: :omg: :wtf: :mad: :((

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          • C CARPETBURNER

            protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
            {
            string str = "Even exception occur again in catch block still finally block is Working";
            try
            {
            throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();
            }
            catch
            {
            goto Hello;
            throw new IndexOutOfRangeException();

            }
            finally
            {
            Response.Redirect("Error.aspx?str="+ str);
            }
            Hello:
            Response.Write("Finally Skiped!");
            }

            http://www.codeproject.com/KB/aspnet/DotNetBulletQuestions.aspx?msg=2764693#xx2764693xx[^] A goto in a try/catch/finally block... urrrghh!

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            PIEBALDconsult
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            That code was written simply to make a point, it's not "real" code, so it doesn't qualify as a Coding Horror.

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            • B BadKarma

              CPallini wrote:

              BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language?

              A reason ? Maybe no, but you could need one if you use a switch.

              switch(iData)
              {
              case 0:
              case 1:
               // do stuff for 0 and 1
               break;
              case 2:
               // do stuff for 2
               goto 3;
              case 3:
               // do stuff for 2 and 3
               break;
              }
              

              Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.

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              MidwestLimey
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              Yeah, the poor mans drop through.

              Bar fomos edo pariyart gedeem, agreo eo dranem abal edyero eyrem kalm kareore

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                CPallini wrote:

                BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language?

                A reason ? Maybe no, but you could need one if you use a switch.

                switch(iData)
                {
                case 0:
                case 1:
                 // do stuff for 0 and 1
                 break;
                case 2:
                 // do stuff for 2
                 goto 3;
                case 3:
                 // do stuff for 2 and 3
                 break;
                }
                

                Learn from the mistakes of others, you may not live long enough to make them all yourself.

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                Lost User
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                o really ?? i think it can be used like this : switch(iData) { case 0: case 1: // do stuff for 0 and 1 break; case 2: // do stuff for 2 case 3: // do stuff for 2 and 3 break; } if the break statement is missing, it go through next case ..

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                • L Lost User

                  o really ?? i think it can be used like this : switch(iData) { case 0: case 1: // do stuff for 0 and 1 break; case 2: // do stuff for 2 case 3: // do stuff for 2 and 3 break; } if the break statement is missing, it go through next case ..

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                  CPallini
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                  #10

                  It is NOT C/C++, my friend, it is C# ;P

                  Juraj Suchan wrote:

                  case 0: case 1: // do stuff for 0 and 1 break;

                  Fine: It is allowed.

                  Juraj Suchan wrote:

                  case 2: // do stuff for 2 case 3: // do stuff for 2 and 3 break;

                  That's not allowed in C# (well, in fact, it is allowed as it stands, with just comments :-D ). :)

                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                  [My articles]

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                  • C CPallini

                    It is NOT C/C++, my friend, it is C# ;P

                    Juraj Suchan wrote:

                    case 0: case 1: // do stuff for 0 and 1 break;

                    Fine: It is allowed.

                    Juraj Suchan wrote:

                    case 2: // do stuff for 2 case 3: // do stuff for 2 and 3 break;

                    That's not allowed in C# (well, in fact, it is allowed as it stands, with just comments :-D ). :)

                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                    [My articles]

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                    Lost User
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                    #11

                    ou .. am I blind? :) sorry

                    VirtualVoid**.NET**

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                    • C CPallini

                      My 5, that code is pure Horror. Anyway (I made a test) the goto statement it is ininfluent. BTW I didn't know C# has goto statement, is there a reason to have it in such a language? :)

                      If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                      This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                      [My articles]

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                      Super Lloyd
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                      #12

                      I like this reason as well void foobar() { // blah blah blah for(...) { // blablabla for(..) { // foo foo foo if(bar) goto end; } } end: // beep bop a loola }

                      A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                      • S Super Lloyd

                        I like this reason as well void foobar() { // blah blah blah for(...) { // blablabla for(..) { // foo foo foo if(bar) goto end; } } end: // beep bop a loola }

                        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                        CPallini
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                        You may throw an exception for that. :)

                        If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                        This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                        [My articles]

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                        • S Super Lloyd

                          I like this reason as well void foobar() { // blah blah blah for(...) { // blablabla for(..) { // foo foo foo if(bar) goto end; } } end: // beep bop a loola }

                          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                          Thomas Weller 0
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                          A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'... :^) Regards Thomas

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                            A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'... :^) Regards Thomas

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                            Super Lloyd
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                            break will only break the inner most loop! C# is not java where you could have labelled loop...

                            A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                            • C CPallini

                              You may throw an exception for that. :)

                              If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                              This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                              [My articles]

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                              Rob Grainger
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                              That's a worse offense than a goto IMHO - exceptions should be reserved for exceptional conditions (the clues in the name) not used as an alternative control flow mechanism.

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                                A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'... :^) Regards Thomas

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                                Rob Grainger
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                                Thomas Weller wrote:

                                A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'...

                                Except that a break doesn't break out of two for loops, just the inner one - necessitating a flag to detect whether the outer loop should be exited too. In C# this seems a legitimate usage to me. I just wish C# had JavaScript's labelled loops/breaks, yielding the following code style:

                                outer_loop:
                                while (true) {
                                // .. do something
                                inner_loop:
                                while (true) {
                                // ...
                                if (condition1)
                                break inner_loop;

                                        if (condition2)
                                            break outer\_loop;
                                    }
                                }
                                

                                Given that and fall-through in switch..case I see no need for goto.

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                                • R Rob Grainger

                                  That's a worse offense than a goto IMHO - exceptions should be reserved for exceptional conditions (the clues in the name) not used as an alternative control flow mechanism.

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                                  CPallini
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                                  #18

                                  Rob Grainger wrote:

                                  not used as an alternative control flow mechanism.

                                  That's exactly what they are (IMHO). :-D

                                  If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                                  This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                                  [My articles]

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                                  • R Rob Grainger

                                    Thomas Weller wrote:

                                    A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'...

                                    Except that a break doesn't break out of two for loops, just the inner one - necessitating a flag to detect whether the outer loop should be exited too. In C# this seems a legitimate usage to me. I just wish C# had JavaScript's labelled loops/breaks, yielding the following code style:

                                    outer_loop:
                                    while (true) {
                                    // .. do something
                                    inner_loop:
                                    while (true) {
                                    // ...
                                    if (condition1)
                                    break inner_loop;

                                            if (condition2)
                                                break outer\_loop;
                                        }
                                    }
                                    

                                    Given that and fall-through in switch..case I see no need for goto.

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                                    CPallini
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                                    #19

                                    A 'labelled break' is a 'goto' alias. :)

                                    If the Lord God Almighty had consulted me before embarking upon the Creation, I would have recommended something simpler. -- Alfonso the Wise, 13th Century King of Castile.
                                    This is going on my arrogant assumptions. You may have a superb reason why I'm completely wrong. -- Iain Clarke
                                    [My articles]

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                                    • R Rob Grainger

                                      Thomas Weller wrote:

                                      A simple 'break' would do the job, no need for 'goto'...

                                      Except that a break doesn't break out of two for loops, just the inner one - necessitating a flag to detect whether the outer loop should be exited too. In C# this seems a legitimate usage to me. I just wish C# had JavaScript's labelled loops/breaks, yielding the following code style:

                                      outer_loop:
                                      while (true) {
                                      // .. do something
                                      inner_loop:
                                      while (true) {
                                      // ...
                                      if (condition1)
                                      break inner_loop;

                                              if (condition2)
                                                  break outer\_loop;
                                          }
                                      }
                                      

                                      Given that and fall-through in switch..case I see no need for goto.

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                                      Thomas Weller 0
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                                      What I mean is: a 'break' would be enough to execute the 'beep bop a loola' :-D ... By the way: I'd consider a 'flag' much better than a 'goto'... Regards Thomas

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                                      • S Super Lloyd

                                        break will only break the inner most loop! C# is not java where you could have labelled loop...

                                        A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                                        Thomas Weller 0
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                                        I know. But in the pseudocode above it will definitely execute the 'beep bop a loola'... :-D Regards Thomas

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                                        • S Super Lloyd

                                          I like this reason as well void foobar() { // blah blah blah for(...) { // blablabla for(..) { // foo foo foo if(bar) goto end; } } end: // beep bop a loola }

                                          A train station is where the train stops. A bus station is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work station.... _________________________________________________________ My programs never have bugs, they just develop random features.

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                                          PIEBALDconsult
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                                          Add && !foo to the for loop conditions and/or use while instead.

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