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From: Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org>
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Subject: Re: Fixing a sample from K&R book using cake static analyser
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2024 23:33:50 +0300
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> On Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:47:50 +0300, Phil Carmody wrote:
>> In all honesty, I'd probably actually code with gotos, and jump to
>> whichever bit of cleanup was relevant.
>
> Complicating the control flow, especially for cleanup paths which are 
> harder to test, is asking for trouble.

You call it complicating, I call it simplifying.

Phil
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