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donno2048/pygoto: Use goto in Python (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago by jnovinger@programming.dev to c/programming_horror@programming.dev

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[–] nous@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or a better idea: don't use goto. In any language. Especially not one that needs line numbers to work and not labels, as soon as someone edits the file utter chaos will ensue. This has all the normal downsides of gotos with labels, but with far more downsides.

[–] mcmodknower@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

It also only works for the main module and only until you hit the recursion limit.