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Re: Are there GOTO statements in NQC?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 20 Nov 2003 18:35:53 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> > I'm probably in the minority here, but I'm going to come right out and say that
> > goto's are not a bad thing, contrary to popular belief...
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> <snipped rant>
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> > There. Sorry for the rant, but this is one of my pet peeves.
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> And as a longtime embedded guy myself, I agree with Mark. It's the old
> sharp tools and dull craftsman thing.
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> In the hands of a practiced expert, the goto can be a thing of beauty
> and can make the code more readable, which is what we all want if we
> ever need to figure out the code.
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> I'm guessing you have a similar view on the statement:
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> "A function should have one and only one exit point" :-)
Ralph,
I think it is a stupid rule!
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> Ralph
Kevin
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| (...) The thing everyone has forgotton about the "one exit point" rule is that it applies to MACHINE CODE PROGRAMMING - not high level languages. This single misunderstanding has resulted in more convoluted and illegible code than I care to (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) <snipped rant> (...) And as a longtime embedded guy myself, I agree with Mark. It's the old sharp tools and dull craftsman thing. In the hands of a practiced expert, the goto can be a thing of beauty and can make the code more readable, which (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.robotics)
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