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A statement in many ProgrammingLanguage~s which causes an unconditional branch to an arbitary point in the current function or method. In a host of early [BASIC] dialects, it was the only control structure available besides <tt>if</tt> statements. |
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Despite being maligned in general use, GoTo is still the best way to describe FiniteStateMachine~s such as parsers in these languages. |
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The apprentice uses it without thinking. |
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<br> The journeyman avoids it without thinking. |
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<br> The master uses it thoughtfully. |
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It’s also used in [C] programming a lot to provide something resembling “exceptions”, particularly “finally” clauses: a <tt>goto out</tt> where <tt>out</tt> is a label just before the final <tt>return</tt>. |
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See GoToStatementConsideredHarmful. |
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Part of CategoryProgramming |
