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artemonstertoday at 3:29 PM2 repliesview on HN

this whole thing is equivalent to a goto at the beginning of a function.


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dragonwritertoday at 4:56 PM

This is true in the same sense that function calls are equivalent to gotos at the beginning and end of the function.

jhgbtoday at 4:55 PM

Yes, except without all the known disadvantages of goto. That's the whole point.