From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff)
Subject: Re: GOTO considered necessary (reworked)
Date: 1997/06/17
Date: 1997-06-17T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <EBxnu1.KMH@world.std.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33A6A9C4.7B87@no.such.com
In article <33A6A9C4.7B87@no.such.com>,
Spam Hater <no.such.user@no.such.com> wrote:
>Even more (unfortunately) common:
> "An exception is basically a goto, so don't use exceptions."
An exception is even *worse* than a goto, since it's more powerful: It
jumps to a run-time-determined place, which can't necessarily be
determined by reading the source code. And that place can be very far
away in the program (whereas a goto is local to a single subprogram).
Nonetheless, it's good to use exceptions when appropriate.
(It's interesting, though, that we're having a huge discussion about
fine-tuning the rules-of-thumb about exactly when it is, and is not,
appropriate to use goto. But I haven't seen any such discussion about
exceptions.)
- Bob
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Thread overview: 63+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-06-11 0:00 GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Samuel Mize
1997-06-11 0:00 ` Bryce Bardin
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-16 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-18 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Wolfgang Gellerich
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Wolfgang Gellerich
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Samuel T. Harris
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-23 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-24 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Featuritis not always bad (was re: GOTO considered necessary) Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-26 0:00 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-25 0:00 ` GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Van Snyder
1997-07-21 0:00 ` Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
1997-06-12 0:00 ` John G. Volan
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-12 0:00 ` Michael F Brenner
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-20 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-13 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Matthew Heaney
1997-06-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-19 0:00 ` John Herro
1997-06-25 0:00 ` Function result Van Snyder
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-27 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-20 0:00 ` GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert A Duff [this message]
1997-06-19 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-17 0:00 ` Spam Hater
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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