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what's the motivation for removing `goto`, is this something that you find being abused? I code in c++ for work, and I almost never see anyone using it without
by wjko21 4y ago
what's the motivation for removing `goto`, is this something that you find being abused? I code in c++ for work, and I almost never see anyone using it without a good reason.
- compiler-devel 4y ago> I almost never see anyone using it without a good reason In any of those cases, could the code have been rewritten without goto?
- Findecanor 4y agoMy personal opinion is that a programming language should instead of 'goto', have explicit constructs for those things that 'goto' is most often used to emulate: • Breaking out of nested loops • Clause after loop that has run to its end-condition without a break, return or throw. Python allows an 'else'-clause after a loop, but IMHO "default" would be a better keyword. • Error handling (C++ has exception handling already, but there are alternatives)
- compiler-devel 4y agoThis is interesting, are there languages in use today with these constructs?
- gautamcgoel 4y agoYeah, I'm curious about this as well. I know the Go and Lua creators explicitly included goto in their languages, saying it can be useful if used carefully.