Re: Misuses of RTTI

MiB wrote:
>
> In limited situations, goto statements can improve readability, make
> more compact or more performant code, e.g. when exiting nested loops
> (I'd do that with an exception, though). I leave this kind of
> optimization to swashbuckler developers with 20 yrs+ experience
> (they know when "evil" is "good") and never teach it to beginners
> (will produce unusable code predictably).
>

It's not only that you might need 20 years experience to make the
judgment call, it probably also takes at least 20 years to find the
one place where a goto is the best solution.

It's that rare!


Bo Persson



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