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xzt123 t1_iybn96i wrote

Reply to comment by Milnoc in ELI5: why is using "goto" considered to be a bad practice in programming? by Dacadey

What language? In Java you can label the loop and break out of the loop by name.

In C#, your use of goto is probably ok. C# has more rules about goto, it can't be anywhere and I believe it can't skip variable definitions. C# also has a use of goto where switch blocks cannot fall through cases, that have statements, without an explicit goto statement to go to the next labeled case. It makes missing a break; statement accidentally not possible.

Anyway, obviously a ton of languages out there, so curious which one?

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Milnoc t1_iybpcua wrote

C/C++. But as I've said, I use them very sparingly to kick the process out of a nested loop or switch block into a general maintenance chunk of code. I would never use it to jump around within a loop or switch block.

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xzt123 t1_iybr5of wrote

There's appropriate uses of goto, in C/C++ with nested loops and performance matters, sounds like a reasonable use.

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