Thread: when to use a "goto"

  1. 03-08-2005 #1
    mitiwi
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    when to use a "goto"

    Ok C gurus... all my books say avoid goto statements. So why do they appear by the thousands in glibc functions? The linux kernel had almost 30,000 of them! What is the correct situation to use a goto?

    Thanks in advance,
    Daniel


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    I have no intention of using a goto, I just found it odd that they were used so often.
  2. 03-08-2005 #2
    quzah
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    Search the forum. This is a common topic.

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