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RE: Number of times I've used goto in Perl

by chromatic (Archbishop)
on Apr 19, 2000 at 00:21 UTC ( [id://7968]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Number of times I've used goto in Perl

Does a named loop count? Something like:
TOP_OF_LOOP: while (1) { # do this for (1 .. $some_big_number) { $foo = do_some_function($_); if ($foo % $_ = $some_smaller_number) { next TOP_OF_LOOP; } # do something else } } }
In both cases, your program flow probably needs help. :) (Okay, I'm really bad with configuration files.)

(And, yes, okay, it's an implicit goto. I'm guilty of it once in an AUTOLOAD, though.)

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RE: RE: Number of times I've used goto in Perl
by turnstep (Parson) on Apr 19, 2000 at 00:42 UTC
    Where is the goto in your example?
RE: RE: Number of times I've used goto in Perl
by cciulla (Friar) on Apr 19, 2000 at 02:24 UTC
    IMHO, breaking flow using 'next' counts.

    That's almost as bad as an infinite 'while(true)' construct! :)
      What's so bad about while (1) { something; next if somethingmore; last if somethingelse; } ?

      I use it all the time.

       -Kaatunut

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