Subj : Re: Is well written code a rare species ?
To   : comp.programming
From : CBFalconer
Date : Sat Aug 13 2005 06:14 pm

Giannis Papadopoulos wrote:
> Chris Sonnack wrote:
>
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>>
>> My horror story is about the self-described C programmer, who'd
>> been at it for many years, and who was surprised when I showed
>> him you could 'break' out of a for or while loop.....
> 
> But surely the most interesting is that many people think that
> using a 'break' or a 'continue' is bad programming practice...

Speaking C, in many cases it is.  Especially in bad long-winded
code that has not been broken up into sufficiently small modules. 
At least with a goto the destination is firmly marked, while the
introduction of further structure can completely destroy the
meaning of break/continue.

Apart from a for statement, break/continue are redundant and can
always be replaced by a goto.

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