[BusyBox] [PATCH] Read-only option for losetup.c

Rob Landley rob at landley.net
Sun Apr 10 20:48:40 UTC 2005


> WAH. Don't use goto if not necesary. And no, it is not.

Using gotos to break out of multiply nesting levels (rather than an 
unnecessary control variable ala breakout=1; break; if(breakout) break; 
if(breakout) break; etc) is a fairly widely accepted practice.

Java added the "labeled break" for just this purpose.

Here's an old 1998 message from Linus Torvalds on the subject:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development.system/msg/17816907bcfbb61c

Rob

> Bastian



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