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Is it wrong to use goto into a program? Why? When?:)
36. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. ... Do not press a desperate foe too hard. SUN-TZU - Art of War
Moved by Admin on Saturday, December 08, 2007 6:11:58 PM. This is not a programming question. This is a programming discussion
Goto is normally discouraged because it violates a good program (control) flow and makes debugging/troubleshooting a bit difficult and sometimes a nightmare.
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see using goto makes your program less structured and makes use of no logic...it must be avoided
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see using goto makes your program less structured and makes use of no logic...it must be avoided
Member 4691687 wrote:
using goto makes your program less structured
Maybe. But it really helps to rollback in particular circumstances.
Member 4691687 wrote:
nd makes use of no logic...
Nope. Program logic heavily relies to developer's one. :-D
Member 4691687 wrote:
it must be avoided
I don't like design dogmas. :)
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.
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Yes, but not as wrong as asking a programming question in a non-programming forum.
How about if I try to help him out with this code sample I came across from someone who was apparently trying to avoid using a goto? I don't have access to the actual function anymore, but the basic idea went:
do { //some code here if ([condition]) break; //some more code here if ([condition]) break; //this goes on for awhile.... if ([condition]) break; // ... } while (false); // clean up code -
Is it wrong to use goto into a program? Why? When?:)
36. When you surround an army, leave an outlet free. ... Do not press a desperate foe too hard. SUN-TZU - Art of War
Moved by Admin on Saturday, December 08, 2007 6:11:58 PM. This is not a programming question. This is a programming discussion
In the first programming course I had, the textbook described GOTO as "evil"! EEEEeeeEEEviiiil! :mad: If you used GOTO, GOSUB or global variables, you flunked. That was made clear from the beginning. If you used the three "G"'s, you had not understod functions and you failed the course. I have never used the three "G" ever since. I think it makes the code hard to read. I so hate spagetti code. A function has some input and generate some output. Very simple. No globals comming down from heaven above. Put them in the function parameters. If there are many parameters, just organize them in a struct. If there are lots of data (like a picture) make a pointer and call-by-reference. The only exeption is const Pi=3.14. That may be global, but only in the math module.
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In fact, I use it outside the programs: "Goto hell!" is one of my favourite expressions. Am I wrong? :-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.
A thorough software professional is one who when his wife yells at him "goto hell", worries more about the goto. Get more here.[^] :laugh:
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A thorough software professional is one who when his wife yells at him "goto hell", worries more about the goto. Get more here.[^] :laugh:
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Luc Pattyn wrote:
A thorough software professional is one who when his wife yells at him "goto hell", worries more about the goto.
:-D :laugh: :-D Thank you so much :-D again
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.
