Working around a lack of 'goto' in python
Christopher A. Craig
list-python at ccraig.org
Mon Mar 8 14:54:11 EST 2004
jarrodhroberson at yahoo.com (Y2KYZFR1) writes:
> There is absolutely NO LEGITIMATE REASON to use GOTO in any modern
> language, ESPECIALLY Python, EVER!
>
> No stay away from computers until you understand how and why this
> is.
If everyone took your advice, you would have no Python. CPython (the
reference Python implementation) has over 200 gotos in its source.
--
Christopher A. Craig <list-python at ccraig.org>
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