Re: C23 thoughts and opinions - why so conservative?

On Fri, 24 May 2024 06:38:18 +0100, Malcolm McLean wrote:

On 24/05/2024 02:06, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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On Fri, 24 May 2024 00:34:24 +0300, Michael S wrote:
 

On Thu, 23 May 2024 22:10:22 +0200 David Brown
<david.brown@hesbynett.no> wrote:
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What program control construct would you like?
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Ability to break from nested loops.

 
At least 90% of the time, when I want to exit from an inner loop in C,
there will be some kind of cleanup I need to do in the outer loop
before that can exit too. So the ability to jump straight out will
rarely be used.

 
goto gives you the functionality you require.

I avoid those. I structure my code like a Nassi-Shneiderman diagram, where
each block has one entrance at the top, and one exit at the bottom. Easier
to keep track of error conditions and cleanups that way.