On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 17:06, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Please don't do such things. The next time locking is changed and a lock
> is needed here, some poor guy has to go through that and change all
> back to goto.
> This may not be applicable here, but as a general rule, don't do it.
> I speak from experience.
>
> As for efficiency, that is the compiler's job.
I say "please don't use goto" and instead have a "cleanup_lock" function
and add that before all the return statements.. It should not be a
burden. Yes, it's asking the developer to work a little harder, but the
end result is better code.
-Rob
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