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0 pointsorphea5mo ago0 comments

Like goto, unwrap is just a tool that has its use cases. No need to make a boogeyman out of it.

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To be fair, if you’re not “this tall” you really shouldn’t consider using goto in a c program. Most people aren’t that tall.

tucnak5mo ago

Nonsense. Linux kernel for one example, uses goto everywhere for error handling.

gishh5mo ago

How many codebases besides the Linux kernel had you seen an intentional amount of use of goto?

orpheaOP5mo ago

The answer is one search away on GitHub.

I will give you one example though: various .NET repositories (runtime, aspnetcore, orleans).

metaltyphoon5mo ago

Yes it's meant to be used in test code. If you're sure it can't fail do then use .expect() that way it shows you made a choice and it wasn't just a dev oversight.

fwjafwasd5mo ago

panicans should be using .expect() in production

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gishh5mo ago

To be fair, if you’re not “this tall” you really shouldn’t consider using goto in a c program. Most people aren’t that tall.

tucnak5mo ago

Nonsense. Linux kernel for one example, uses goto everywhere for error handling.

gishh5mo ago

How many codebases besides the Linux kernel had you seen an intentional amount of use of goto?

orpheaOP5mo ago

The answer is one search away on GitHub.

I will give you one example though: various .NET repositories (runtime, aspnetcore, orleans).

metaltyphoon5mo ago

Yes it's meant to be used in test code. If you're sure it can't fail do then use .expect() that way it shows you made a choice and it wasn't just a dev oversight.

fwjafwasd5mo ago

panicans should be using .expect() in production

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse