Re: any chance of 2.6.0-test*?

Oliver Neukum (oliver@neukum.name)
Mon, 13 Jan 2003 00:16:20 +0100


Am Sonntag, 12. Januar 2003 23:51 schrieb Rob Wilkens:
> On Sun, 2003-01-12 at 17:43, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> > It's code that causes added hardship for anybody checking the locking.
>
> I can certainly see where it would seem "easier" to match "one lock" to
> "one unlock" if your troubleshooting a locking issue.
>
> "easier" is the motivation behind using goto.. Laziness.. that's all it
> is.

Yes, exactly. Lazyness is good. Any second spend on hitting Ctrl+F
and typing in the name of a cleanup function is lost. Any time
you overlook something because the cleanup and the code are
not on the same screen is a bug that is overlooked.
Any time one of the cleanup functions is overlooked can cause
hours lost in debugging after a change.

Oliver

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