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Every goto in the Linux kernel / Just another day on the linux-kernel mailing list (youtube.com)

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[–] Gladaed@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Error handling and multi loop exiting are permitted use cases of go-to.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I also use it for avoiding recursive function calls. In theory, this will tell the compiler to just ditch the current stack and go back to the beginning of the function.

[–] bitcrafter@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

In civilized languages tail recursion takes care of this for you. 😁