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I started coding Structured COBOL in the 1970's and when I started RPG
didn't find the need for the GOTO statement at all.
I certainly wouldn't need to use a GOTO statement in /free.
Someone else's bad code shouldn't be an excuse to use bad code.
C may be an exception, I don't know enough about C.
Then again opinions on GOTO are like bums, everyone's got one.
Norm Dennis
-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of john e
Sent: Monday, 27 April 2009 4:25 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Why was GOTO removed from /free?
Without giving something back...?
For clean error handling "goto" is often the best choice in a classic
language (yes RPG is still classic, like C).
What problem has been solved now by just removing goto from RPG as we don't
have exception handling in RPG as we have in C++ or Java?
http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2009/04/27/using-goto-for-error-handling-in-c/
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