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From: gerryq@indigo.ie (Gerry Quinn)
Subject: Re: Software landmines (loops)
Date: 1998/09/01
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In article <904556531.666222@miso.it.uq.edu.au>, ahussey@it.uq.edu.au (Andrew Hussey)
 <m3af4mq7f4.fsf@mheaney.ni.net> wrote:

>>Using an exit from the middle avoids the headaches (literally)
>>engendered by using an extra flag in the predicate.  When you want to
>>exit, you just say that you want to exit, directly.  No mental
>>gymnastics are required in order to determine whether you'll "really"
>>exit, as would be the case using the flag approach.
>
>That's brilliant, now your code is much easier to write!
>Now let's see who has an easier time *testing* their code.
>I think you'll find the control-flow errors you introduce
>in the spaghetti you produce will more than make up for
>any gain you have from rapid coding.  
>

A characteristic of 'spaghetti' is that the strings both start and 
finish in unpredictable places, leading to a tangled mass.

Multiple exits to a single destination are not spaghetti.

- Gerry

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  gerryq@indigo.ie  (Gerry Quinn)
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