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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
Subject: Re: State machines and Goto's (was Re: Should internet support
 software be written in Ada?)
Date: 1995/04/07
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Date: 1995-04-07T00:00:00+00:00
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In article <3m3j73$php@tali.hsc.colorado.edu> bl884@freenet.HSC.Colorado.EDU (Wes Groleau) writes:

>X.Y.Z.1 A goto statement shall NOT be used where another legal Ada construct
>is available for the same effect.

X.Y.Z.2: a goto statement shall not be used merely to avoid the
replication of code.  Example:

	when '+' =>
	    sign := positive;
	    goto get_rest_of_number;
	when '-' =>
	    sign := negative;
	    goto get_rest_of_number;
	...