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Post #287,981
by jb4
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6/27/07 9:21:29 PM
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New "Numereous flags"
mah-noor. Except in some very unusual circumstances, the exit can be controlled by exactly 1 flag. And by namingthe flag correctly (e.g. something like failure or done ) it might even self-document.

The answer to your question is yes. Now I got one for you: Ever debugged/refactored a 16-greenbar-page function cock-full of trapdoor exits, and where you get to page 14 or so and have absolutely no idea what the conditions are that have gotten you to this place in the code, because the berk who wrote it was overly enamored with taking his/her ball and bat and going home at the slightest provocation?

Didn't think so...
jb4
"It's hard for me, you know, living in this beautiful White House, to give you a firsthand assessment."
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Post #287,982
by crazy
6/27/07 9:46:24 PM
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New Didn't think so?
Hah.

Wimp.

[link|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=266834|http://z.iwethey.org...?contentid=266834]

Just because some idiot uses certain features unwisely does not mean the language should be designed for the idiot.

Because if you really want to split hairs on this one, I've got some stories of longjmp usage.

Or in MS-DOS days, poking a few values in a certain register and jumping to zero. hhhheeeeeeheheheheehe. Warm boot from my program as a last ditch effort.

Sometimes when you setup public workstations that's all you can do.
     Seriously, Bryce, I'm not saying this to be mean, but... - (CRConrad) - (34) - June 17, 2007, 08:13:32 PM EDT
         You mean the "payroll" example? Not very specific - (tablizer) - (31) - June 18, 2007, 01:01:29 AM EDT
             What are you on about? No, absolutely not "Payroll example"! - (CRConrad) - (1) - June 18, 2007, 04:55:28 AM EDT
                 Okay, I see it now - (tablizer) - June 18, 2007, 11:20:34 AM EDT
             Wow, deja vu (hypothetically) - (drewk) - (28) - June 18, 2007, 07:40:32 PM EDT
                 Which one? - (tablizer) - (27) - June 18, 2007, 08:10:39 PM EDT
                     Neither - (drewk) - (26) - June 18, 2007, 09:45:52 PM EDT
                         Thank you, that was very helpful - (tablizer) - (25) - June 19, 2007, 04:20:37 PM EDT
                             No, thank *you* - (drewk) - June 19, 2007, 07:03:55 PM EDT
                             Burden Of Proof - (pwhysall) - (23) - June 20, 2007, 01:12:48 AM EDT
                                 thats easy c++ :-) -NT - (boxley) - (19) - June 20, 2007, 07:37:40 AM EDT
                                     idontnowatumeenbox.c++isorlrite - (pwhysall) - June 20, 2007, 07:48:50 AM EDT
                                     C is a crippled language because it is a crippled language - (tablizer) - (17) - June 20, 2007, 11:35:54 AM EDT
                                         I have always considered C to be . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (15) - June 20, 2007, 02:58:56 PM EDT
                                             I disagree. - (admin) - (1) - June 20, 2007, 03:16:51 PM EDT
                                                 ICLPRD (new thread) - (static) - June 21, 2007, 12:28:09 AM EDT
                                             Nah, Pascal was a teaching language - (hnick) - (5) - June 20, 2007, 05:54:38 PM EDT
                                                 According to Nicholas Wirth he did not . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (4) - June 20, 2007, 07:38:43 PM EDT
                                                     So who are you going to believe? - (hnick) - (2) - June 21, 2007, 07:26:29 AM EDT
                                                         Nah, you probably won't: "Argument". HTH! :-) -NT - (CRConrad) - June 21, 2007, 09:53:50 AM EDT
                                                         Early versions had only 16-bit integers . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - June 21, 2007, 10:59:41 AM EDT
                                                     Maybe not originally, but when he wrote Modula II - (jb4) - June 21, 2007, 11:32:50 PM EDT
                                             I gotta say that... - (jb4) - (6) - June 21, 2007, 11:28:47 PM EDT
                                                 It's that stupid single exit point from a function - (crazy) - (5) - June 21, 2007, 11:35:13 PM EDT
                                                     I've got NO PROBLEM with that - (jb4) - (4) - June 24, 2007, 10:21:48 PM EDT
                                                         You ever have nested while and for loops? - (crazy) - (3) - June 24, 2007, 11:34:38 PM EDT
                                                             "Numereous flags" - (jb4) - (1) - June 27, 2007, 09:21:29 PM EDT
                                                                 Didn't think so? - (crazy) - June 27, 2007, 09:46:24 PM EDT
                                                             That's a good way out. - (static) - June 29, 2007, 06:00:12 PM EDT
                                         It is not the pinochle of procedural by a longshot, either. -NT - (jb4) - June 21, 2007, 11:26:07 PM EDT
                                 All these years and you still misunderstand my opinion - (tablizer) - (2) - June 20, 2007, 11:34:27 AM EDT
                                     Not misunderstand ... DISAGREE -NT - (drewk) - (1) - June 20, 2007, 07:53:14 PM EDT
                                         If something is objectively better, then you should show why -NT - (tablizer) - June 21, 2007, 11:20:59 AM EDT
         Perhaps, more examples of naivity? - (warmachine) - (1) - June 18, 2007, 05:35:42 AM EDT
             Lots of 'em-they're the very ones I want him to (re)consider -NT - (CRConrad) - June 18, 2007, 07:46:40 AM EDT

Juan Valdez has the answer...
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