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by xedrac 812 days ago
> The use of goto is unambiguously correct and elegant in some contexts.

For C, absolutely. For C++, it's likely a footgun.
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jandrewrogers 812 days ago
It has fewer use cases in C++ but it still has use cases where the alternatives are worse.
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xedrac 812 days ago
What is a C++ use case where RAII doesn't solve the problem better? I imagine one exists, but I've never encountered it in 20 years. Conversely, I've seen it used inappropriately for cleanup many times (which would be fine in C).
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