Worse, the very same people who sneer at "goto" even when used in a very controlled fashion (e.g. the cleanup-cascade pattern common in kernel code) will turn a

Worse, the very same people who sneer at "goto" even when used in a very controlled fashion (e.g. the cleanup-cascade pattern common in kernel code) will turn around and sprinkle their code with a construct that's basically a non-local goto with an unknown (at compile time) destination. They complain about "spaghetti code" and then create code like a toddler's attempt at macrame. Defending exceptions in non-exceptional cases is usually an exercise in hypocrisy.