[Mapserver-dev] [PATCH] mapraster.c - fixing memory leaks

Daniel Morissette dmorissette at dmsolutions.ca
Wed Jun 16 10:55:45 EDT 2004


Steve Lime wrote:
> Patch aside, what do folks think about using goto's? They seem a great
> help with things like clean-up. However there's not one in the code
> presently so I was wondering if there's a bias...
> 

I've always avoided them because I was told way back when by some profs 
that they were evil, but I guess if they're properly used they could 
help keep the code cleaner sometimes.

If we use them then I think it should only be when absolutely necessary. 
  It is generally possible to structure a function so that you can 
properly cleanup without the use of gotos and without increasing complexity.

My 0.02$

Daniel
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