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Re:A function decorator that rewrites the bytecode to enable... by rightbyte on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @04:07AM (#28602973)
Read "Structured programming with goto" by Knuth (a paper). He gives a quite in depth explanation of when gotos could be preferable.
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Re:A function decorator that rewrites the bytecode to enable... by amelius on Tuesday September 21, 2021 @10:53AM (#28605628)
Also, if you generate code then gotos can be useful.
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