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From: dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: GOTO considered necessary (reworked)
Date: 1997/06/20
Date: 1997-06-20T00:00:00+00:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.866851515@merv> (raw)
In-Reply-To: EBxw18.LoD@world.std.com


Bob Duff asks

<<I'm curious: Why don't you code this as:
 
 procedure ... is
 begin
    if condition then
       do something simple
       return;
    end if;
 
    LOTS MORE CODE
 
?  I mean, the "else" is redundant nonsense, isn't it?>>



I find the else much clearer here, it remind you that the code under it
is code that applies to the "not condition" case, in fact I will often
write

   else -- not Still_Going

if the then part was long





  parent reply	other threads:[~1997-06-20  0:00 UTC|newest]

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 A Duff
1997-06-25  0:00             ` Van Snyder
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                 ` 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
1997-06-23  0:00                 ` GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Spam Hater
1997-06-25  0:00                 ` Karel Th�nissen
1997-06-23  0:00             ` John G. Volan
1997-06-17  0:00           ` Robert I. Eachus
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     ` Matthew Heaney
1997-06-14  0:00   ` Samuel Mize
1997-06-14  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
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     ` 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             ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1997-06-17  0:00           ` GOTO considered necessary (reworked) Spam Hater
1997-06-17  0:00         ` Robert A Duff
1997-06-19  0:00           ` Spam Hater
1997-06-16  0:00 ` Anonymous
1997-06-16  0:00   ` Robert Dewar
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