Re: Cursor Question

KISS Maxim?? Whats that? (no time to think about nookie at work!!)

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Kenneth C Stahl wrote in message <376F94DE.6F530A05_at_lucent.com>...
>If you really want something that boggles one's mind with all sorts of
>implications, consider the setjmp()/longjmp() of C/C++. Read the man pages
for
>those two functions and your mind will begin to race. In effect it is a
GOTO, but
>it is only a backwards goto. It has its uses however when writing signal
>handlers.
>
>The thing is, if a program is absolutely peppered with GOTOs it probably
>indicates a problem with the basic design of the program. But, when it is a
>practical way to handle a specific problem then it is an acceptable
solution.
>
>I have a story I tell on myself that cured me of weenieism. I once wrote a
C
>program that contained conditional operators nested 5 deep (you know, the
>(condition) ? if_true : if false) in two different branches. It was
ingenious and
>I thought it was a beautiful solution - until I had to modify it a few
months
>later and found I couldn't even read my own code. Ever since then I have
believed
>the KISS maxim.
>
>Ken
>
>Marc Mazerolle wrote:
>
>> I use to think this way (back in my C/C++ days) but have you ever tried
to
>> follow code that uses Oracle "exception" to it's limit ? That is
spaghetti.
>>
>> One well placed "GOTO", i think, is acceptable.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Marc Mazerolle
>>
>> DBAOracle wrote:
>>
>> > Am I the only person that cringes seeing the goto in this code? As an
old C
>> > programer, goto's make me sad...
>> >
>> > Robert
>
Received on Tue Jun 22 1999 - 09:09:05 CDT