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From: gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: goto's and switch statements -- mild proposal
Message-ID: <2683@hoptoad.uucp>
Date: Sat, 8-Aug-87 04:17:11 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  8 04:17:11 1987
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rblieva@cs.vu.nl (Roemer b Lievaart) wrote:
> 	defolt:
> 	default:	/* code, probably error handler */
> 			break ;
> 	const1:		...
> 	const2:		if ( ! const2_allowed )
> 				goto defolt ;

I have had to use this kind of code too.  The goat ooze don't bother
me.  What bothers me is that I can't say:

				goto default;

and have it take me to the default: label.  While we're at it,
why not also allow "goto case XXX"?  Seems like this would make
state machines and such easier to read and write in C.
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