python "jump" or "goto" commands?

Courageous jkraska1 at san.rr.com
Thu May 31 20:39:45 EDT 2001


>>     try:
>>         for i in range(100):
>> 	    for j in range(100):
>> 	        if i*j > 2500:
>> 		    raise Label
>>     except Label:
>>         pass
>> 
>
>Or a function with a return statement.. that personally feels a cleaner to me.

This works poorly in the event that several exit points require cleanup of
some kind. In C, I often favor constructs of the form:

	if (bad) goto bail;

bail:

	cleanup();
	Log(logger, "something bad happened\n");
	return 0;

Where numerous conditions can move you to the bail-out point. This
is, of course, trumped by an exception in Python.

C//




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