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So, you recommend using goto, which indeed is the only available mechanism.

• Someone 2y ago
  > using goto, which indeed is the only available mechanism. There are other options, but none of them is better, IMO. You can use nested functions: char * p = malloc(10); if(p!=0) { doTheRealWork(p); }; free(p); In gcc, doTheRealWork can be a nested function or it you can force them to be inlined. You can also (more readable than that first alternative, IMO) wrap code in a single-iteration for or while loop and then use break to exit it: char *p = null; for(int i=0;i==0;i=1) { p = malloc(10); if(p==0) break; … } free(p); Both will get uglier if you need to free multiple resources, but will work.