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  1. 12-27-2004 #31
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    I just came back from Christmas "holidays"...and found my square RED?! Wow: I just understood how votation works..

    And also I finally undestood the goto problem:
    - never SAY this word with programmers: they could think you're a chicken well dressed..
    - never WRITE this word in any piece code... don't #define it in another way, coward!
    - never THINK this word: it may take your reasoning into unpredictable states..!

    At this time...I don't remember what we're speaking about!! This should be good enough to bring my points up and restore the green square...

    Bye!
  2. 12-27-2004 #32
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    >And also I finally undestood the goto problem:
    There is no goto problem. Use it when it's the best option, otherwise don't.

    >- never SAY this word with programmers:
    This only applies to ignorant programmers.

    >- never WRITE this word in any piece code...
    This only applies if you're posting code to a forum or newsgroup. For real programs the conventional motto is: Your code, your rules, and everyone else can butt out.

    >- never THINK this word:
    Don't listen to people like that, it's bad for your mental health.
    My best code is written with the delete key.
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    In fact I found a use for it this morning. I was in a heavily nested loop and just used to break out of it when a certain condition could not be fulfilled.
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    Why were you in a heavily nested loop to begin with? This is one of the valid uses for goto, but it's also one of the easier ones to replace through a function call. People who read your code will thank you for it too. The more layers of nesting a reader has to go through, the less they'll understand the logic.
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    The good folks that developed glibc even used it

    Found this when playing with that strstr() post last week:
    http://gehenna.pell.portland.or.us/~...strstr.c.glibc
    If you understand what you're doing, you're not learning anything.
  6. 12-27-2004 #36
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    Why were you in a heavily nested loop to begin with?
    Parsing HTTP Headers. I've gotta keep reading in chars, to keep reading in header values, to keep reading in headers, until I reach a blank line signifying the beginning of HTTP content. And there are certain characters I can encounter which mean that the HTTP request is invalid - so I need to break out of the loop.
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