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From: mikes@3comvax.UUCP (Mike Shannon)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: break, et cetera [long, but you can stop early]
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Date: Wed, 20-Nov-85 15:00:16 EST
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Chris Torek in the cited article:
> I personally might even use a `Knuth-style goto', depending on
> the situation:
> 
> 	for (i = 0; i < HIGH; i++)
> 		if (array[i] == X)
> 			goto found;
> 	/* code to deal with `not found' */
> 	return;
> found:
> 	/* code to deal with `found' */
> 	return;
---
	How about some background on 'Knuth-stype goto's?  I've run across
this style before, where there is some sort of descriptive label every
5 or 6 lines.  And lots of goto's.
	Does Knuth like these?  Do you like these?  What could recommend
this style to anyone?  I can't say I like it very much.
-- 
			Michael Shannon {ihnp4,hplabs}!oliveb!3comvax!mikes