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From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: Software landmines (was: Why C++ is successful)
Date: 1998/08/24
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In article <6rnh8p$dno$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>,
  dewar@gnat.com wrote:
> <<> Good point. Typically in this case I would "cheat" it and embed the inside
> of
> > the loop in a subprogram, with a return statement. . . . >>
>
...
> A return *is* a goto statement, so is an exit statement. They are both
> reasonably well disciplined goto statements, so this means they are neither
> better nor worse than corresponding disciplined use of goto.

Perhaps. But two years from now the maintainer will have no clue how
"disciplined" I am being with that goto, without reading every line of code to
make sure.

This whole line of reasoning makes me very uncomfortable, as it has a striking
similarity to the arguments I used to hear against strong-typing. After all, a
disciplined software engineer won't need strong-typing either, right? It will
just get in his way.


> It is like an alcoholic thinking it is OK to put fruit and yeast in a pot
> and drink it months later, because, after all, no alcohol was put in the
> pot :-)
Geez. I see your point. I guess I do tend to horribly abuse exit and return.
Perhaps I need to start going to the meetings again. :-)

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T.E.D.

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