The goto's are for proper cleanup on error. All of the options for doing so in C are awful; I just think goto is the least bad option. Otherwise, you get if st

The goto's are for proper cleanup on error. All of the options for doing so in C are awful; I just think goto is the least bad option. Otherwise, you get if statements that keep nesting, deeper and deeper. And what's the hacky-ish logic you're talking about?