OpenEuphoria

Re: Good Use of GOTO

• Posted by Greg Haberek <ghaberek at gm?il?com> Jun 06, 2008
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Derek Parnell wrote:
> 
> >   Lets add exit to avoid adding goto.
> > 
> >   Lets add retry to avoid adding goto.
> > 
> >   Lets add continue to avoid adding goto.
> > 
> > MORE keywords are CLEANER than one easy to understand KEYWORD?
> 
> In this case, yes. 
> 
> The main differenmce is that the 'goto' does not tell the code reader what the
> intentions of the original coder were. Whereas 'continue', 'exit', etc signal
> to the reader what the coder was attempting to achieve.

YES, this. This *exactly*. UNIQUE keywords with DEFINED behavior are a helluva
lot cleaner and simpler than a SINGLE keyword with an AMBIGUOUS behavior. As
Derek stated, they're also easier to understand by describing the code flow
within themselves.

-Greg