Date Sun, 12 Jan 2003 11:38:35 -0800 (PST) From Linus Torvalds <> Subject Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*?

On Sun, 12 Jan 2003, Rob Wilkens wrote:

>

> I'm REALLY opposed to the use of the word "goto" in any code where it's

> not needed.



I think goto's are fine, and they are often more readable than large

amounts of indentation. That's _especially_ true if the code flow isn't

actually naturally indented (in this case it is, so I don't think using

goto is in any way _clearer_ than not, but in general goto's can be quite

good for readability).



Of course, in stupid languages like Pascal, where labels cannot be

descriptive, goto's can be bad. But that's not the fault of the goto,

that's the braindamage of the language designer.



Linus



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