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At least I posted it to !programming_horror@programming.dev first!
Hi,
I have used goto instruction a lot when I started to program in Basic ( an Amstrad CPC ๐ฅน). In this context goto had logic. But in modern languages like python I think it is a very bad idea:
Regards
i've found a good alternative is returning functions
eg. you have a function like this:
def cycle(func): while True: func=func()
then you start with cycle(main)
def main(): return intro
if __name__ == '__main__: cycle(main)
and then main returns the next function, and following functions return functions..
def intro(): if thisthing: return thisfunc if thatthing: return thatfunc
return is being used like goto
I down voted this.
I am a dinosaur. I have been professionally programming for more than 20+ years.
The only valid usage of "goto" statement was in Linux kernel. That goto statement improved the performance a lot. Every other use of "goto" I saw was unnecessary.
Introducing "goto" statement, especially with line numbers like this instead of labels, is bad. Please don't use this. Please don't tell others about this.