Goto (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

[Ben Bacarisse]

bartc <bc at freeuk.com> writes:

> On 30/12/2017 16:53, mm0fmf wrote:
>> On 30/12/2017 14:41, bartc wrote:
>>> it looks a bit naff
>>
>> Understatement of 2017.
>
> I'm honest about my own ideas, but my remarks were about the use of
> special symbols such as "::" and "@".
>
> Before completely dismissing it however, you should look at how
> another language such as Python can achieve the same thing.
>
> Namely, take any block of code within a function, and allow it to be
> executed or shared from anywhere else in the function, with the
> minimum of disruption.

That's what a local function does and it does it with the clean
semantics of a function call.

When this idea came up in comp.lang.c you could not see the point, yet
you appear to have a use-case common enough that you have a solution
worked out using gotos.

> If it looks better than what I'd come up with, then I'll use that instead.

What looks better is always going to be an unreliable and subjective
measure, but calling a named function almost certainly scales better and
will allow for better structuring (such as when one block needs to use
another one).

-- 
Ben.