看看在C语言中编程时何时使用Goto:

Although the use of goto is almost always bad programming practice (surely you can find a better way of doing XYZ), there are times when it really isn't a bad choice. Some might even argue that, when it is useful, it's the best choice. Most of what I have to say about goto really only applies to C. If you're using C++, there's no sound reason to use goto in place of exceptions. In C, however, you don't have the power of an exception handling mechanism, so if you want to separate out error handling from the rest of your program logic, and you want to avoid rewriting clean up code multiple times throughout your code, then goto can be a good choice.

我是什么意思?你可能会有这样的代码:

int big_function()
{
    /* do some work */
    if([error])
    {
        /* clean up*/
        return [error];
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        /* clean up*/
        return [error];
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        /* clean up*/
        return [error];
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        /* clean up*/
        return [error];
    }
    /* clean up*/
    return [success];
}

This is fine until you realize that you need to change your cleanup code. Then you have to go through and make 4 changes. Now, you might decide that you can just encapsulate all of the cleanup into a single function; that's not a bad idea. But it does mean that you'll need to be careful with pointers -- if you plan to free a pointer in your cleanup function, there's no way to set it to then point to NULL unless you pass in a pointer to a pointer. In a lot of cases, you won't be using that pointer again anyway, so that may not be a major concern. On the other hand, if you add in a new pointer, file handle, or other thing that needs cleanup, then you'll need to change your cleanup function again; and then you'll need to change the arguments to that function.

通过使用goto，它将是

int big_function()
{
    int ret_val = [success];
    /* do some work */
    if([error])
    {
        ret_val = [error];
        goto end;
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        ret_val = [error];
        goto end;
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        ret_val = [error];
        goto end;
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        ret_val = [error];
        goto end;
    }
end:
    /* clean up*/
    return ret_val;
}

这样做的好处是，您的代码可以访问执行清理所需的所有内容，并且您已经成功地减少了更改点的数量。另一个好处是你的函数从多个出口点变成了只有一个;不可能不小心从函数返回而不进行清理。

此外，由于goto仅用于跳转到单个点，因此并不是为了模拟函数调用而创建大量来回跳转的意大利面代码。相反，goto实际上有助于编写更结构化的代码。

总而言之，goto应该谨慎使用，并作为最后的手段——但它是有时间和地点的。问题不应该是“你是否必须使用它”，而应该是“它是使用它的最佳选择”。

在Perl模块中，有时希望动态地创建子例程或闭包。问题是，一旦你创建了子例程，你如何得到它。你可以直接调用它，但是如果子例程使用caller()，那么它就没有那么有用了。这就是goto &子例程变化可能有用的地方。

这里有一个简单的例子:

sub AUTOLOAD{
  my($self) = @_;
  my $name = $AUTOLOAD;
  $name =~ s/.*:://;

  *{$name} = my($sub) = sub{
    # the body of the closure
  }

  goto $sub;

  # nothing after the goto will ever be executed.
}

您还可以使用这种形式的goto来提供尾部调用优化的基本形式。

sub factorial($){
  my($n,$tally) = (@_,1);

  return $tally if $n <= 1;

  $tally *= $n--;
  @_ = ($n,$tally);
  goto &factorial;
}

(在Perl 5 version 16中，最好写成goto __SUB__;)

有一个模块会导入尾修饰符，如果你不喜欢使用这种形式的goto，还有一个模块会导入递归。

use Sub::Call::Tail;
sub AUTOLOAD {
  ...
  tail &$sub( @_ );
}

use Sub::Call::Recur;
sub factorial($){
  my($n,$tally) = (@_,1);

  return $tally if $n <= 1;
  recur( $n-1, $tally * $n );
}

使用goto的大多数其他原因都可以用其他关键字更好地完成。

比如重写一段代码:

LABEL: ;
...
goto LABEL if $x;

{
  ...
  redo if $x;
}

或者从多个地方找到最后一段代码:

goto LABEL if $x;
...
goto LABEL if $y;
...
LABEL: ;

{
  last if $x;
  ...
  last if $y
  ...
}

在Perl中，使用标签从循环中“goto”—使用“last”语句，这类似于break。

这样可以更好地控制嵌套循环。

也支持传统的goto标签，但我不确定是否有太多的实例，这是实现您想要的结果的唯一方法-子例程和循环应该足以满足大多数情况。

看看在C语言中编程时何时使用Goto:

Although the use of goto is almost always bad programming practice (surely you can find a better way of doing XYZ), there are times when it really isn't a bad choice. Some might even argue that, when it is useful, it's the best choice. Most of what I have to say about goto really only applies to C. If you're using C++, there's no sound reason to use goto in place of exceptions. In C, however, you don't have the power of an exception handling mechanism, so if you want to separate out error handling from the rest of your program logic, and you want to avoid rewriting clean up code multiple times throughout your code, then goto can be a good choice.

我是什么意思?你可能会有这样的代码:

int big_function()
{
    /* do some work */
    if([error])
    {
        /* clean up*/
        return [error];
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        /* clean up*/
        return [error];
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        /* clean up*/
        return [error];
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        /* clean up*/
        return [error];
    }
    /* clean up*/
    return [success];
}

This is fine until you realize that you need to change your cleanup code. Then you have to go through and make 4 changes. Now, you might decide that you can just encapsulate all of the cleanup into a single function; that's not a bad idea. But it does mean that you'll need to be careful with pointers -- if you plan to free a pointer in your cleanup function, there's no way to set it to then point to NULL unless you pass in a pointer to a pointer. In a lot of cases, you won't be using that pointer again anyway, so that may not be a major concern. On the other hand, if you add in a new pointer, file handle, or other thing that needs cleanup, then you'll need to change your cleanup function again; and then you'll need to change the arguments to that function.

通过使用goto，它将是

int big_function()
{
    int ret_val = [success];
    /* do some work */
    if([error])
    {
        ret_val = [error];
        goto end;
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        ret_val = [error];
        goto end;
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        ret_val = [error];
        goto end;
    }
    /* do some more work */
    if([error])
    {
        ret_val = [error];
        goto end;
    }
end:
    /* clean up*/
    return ret_val;
}

这样做的好处是，您的代码可以访问执行清理所需的所有内容，并且您已经成功地减少了更改点的数量。另一个好处是你的函数从多个出口点变成了只有一个;不可能不小心从函数返回而不进行清理。

此外，由于goto仅用于跳转到单个点，因此并不是为了模拟函数调用而创建大量来回跳转的意大利面代码。相反，goto实际上有助于编写更结构化的代码。

总而言之，goto应该谨慎使用，并作为最后的手段——但它是有时间和地点的。问题不应该是“你是否必须使用它”，而应该是“它是使用它的最佳选择”。

有些人说在c++中没有去的理由。有人说99%的情况下都有更好的选择。这不是推理，只是非理性的印象。下面是一个可靠的例子，goto会导致一个很好的代码，比如增强的do-while循环:

int i;

PROMPT_INSERT_NUMBER:
  std::cout << "insert number: ";
  std::cin >> i;
  if(std::cin.fail()) {
    std::cin.clear();
    std::cin.ignore(1000,'\n');
    goto PROMPT_INSERT_NUMBER;          
  }

std::cout << "your number is " << i;

将其与goto-free代码进行比较:

int i;

bool loop;
do {
  loop = false;
  std::cout << "insert number: ";
  std::cin >> i;
  if(std::cin.fail()) {
    std::cin.clear();
    std::cin.ignore(1000,'\n');
    loop = true;          
  }
} while(loop);

std::cout << "your number is " << i;

我看到了这些差异:

需要嵌套的{}块(尽管do{…}而看起来更熟悉) 需要额外的循环变量，在四个地方使用 阅读和理解带有循环的工作需要更长的时间 循环不保存任何数据，它只是控制执行的流程，这比简单的标签更难理解

还有一个例子

void sort(int* array, int length) {
SORT:
  for(int i=0; i<length-1; ++i) if(array[i]>array[i+1]) {
    swap(data[i], data[i+1]);
    goto SORT; // it is very easy to understand this code, right?
  }
}

现在让我们摆脱“邪恶”的goto:

void sort(int* array, int length) {
  bool seemslegit;
  do {
    seemslegit = true;
    for(int i=0; i<length-1; ++i) if(array[i]>array[i+1]) {
      swap(data[i], data[i+1]);
      seemslegit = false;
    }
  } while(!seemslegit);
}

你看，这是使用goto的同一类型，它是结构良好的模式，它不像唯一推荐的方式那样转发goto。你肯定想避免这样的“智能”代码:

void sort(int* array, int length) {
  for(int i=0; i<length-1; ++i) if(array[i]>array[i+1]) {
    swap(data[i], data[i+1]);
    i = -1; // it works, but WTF on the first glance
  }
}

关键是goto很容易被误用，但goto本身不应该受到指责。注意，在c++中，label有函数作用域，所以它不会像纯汇编那样污染全局作用域，在纯汇编中，重叠循环有它的位置，而且非常常见——比如下面8051的代码，其中7段显示连接到P1。该程序循环闪电段周围:

; P1 states loops
; 11111110 <-
; 11111101  |
; 11111011  |
; 11110111  |
; 11101111  |
; 11011111  |
; |_________|

init_roll_state:
    MOV P1,#11111110b
    ACALL delay
next_roll_state:
    MOV A,P1
    RL A
    MOV P1,A
    ACALL delay
    JNB P1.5, init_roll_state
    SJMP next_roll_state

还有一个优点:goto可以作为命名循环、条件和其他流:

if(valid) {
  do { // while(loop)

// more than one page of code here
// so it is better to comment the meaning
// of the corresponding curly bracket

  } while(loop);
} // if(valid)

或者你可以使用等效的goto和缩进，所以如果你明智地选择标签名称，你不需要注释:

if(!valid) goto NOTVALID;
  LOOPBACK:

// more than one page of code here

  if(loop) goto LOOPBACK;
NOTVALID:;

我遇到过goto是一个很好的解决方案的情况，我在这里或其他地方都没有看到过这个例子。

我有一个开关的情况下，所有的情况都需要调用相同的函数在最后。我有其他的情况，最后都需要调用不同的函数。

这看起来有点像这样:

switch( x ) {
    
    case 1: case1() ; doStuffFor123() ; break ;
    case 2: case2() ; doStuffFor123() ; break ;
    case 3: case3() ; doStuffFor123() ; break ;
    
    case 4: case4() ; doStuffFor456() ; break ;
    case 5: case5() ; doStuffFor456() ; break ;
    case 6: case6() ; doStuffFor456() ; break ;
    
    case 7: case7() ; doStuffFor789() ; break ;
    case 8: case8() ; doStuffFor789() ; break ;
    case 9: case9() ; doStuffFor789() ; break ;
}

我没有给每个case一个函数调用，而是用goto代替了break。goto跳转到一个标签，这也是在开关的情况下。

switch( x ) {
    
    case 1: case1() ; goto stuff123 ;
    case 2: case2() ; goto stuff123 ;
    case 3: case3() ; goto stuff123 ;
    
    case 4: case4() ; goto stuff456 ;
    case 5: case5() ; goto stuff456 ;
    case 6: case6() ; goto stuff456 ;
    
    case 7: case7() ; goto stuff789 ;
    case 8: case8() ; goto stuff789 ;
    case 9: case9() ; goto stuff789 ;
    
    stuff123: doStuffFor123() ; break ;
    stuff456: doStuffFor456() ; break ;
    stuff789: doStuffFor789() ; break ;
}

案例1到3都必须调用doStuffFor123()，类似的案例4到6必须调用doStuffFor456()等。

在我看来，如果你正确使用它们，gotos是非常好的。最后，任何代码都像人们写的那样清晰。有了gotos，你可以写出意大利面代码，但这并不意味着gotos是意大利面代码的原因。这个事业就是我们;程序员。如果我愿意，我也可以用函数创建意大利面条代码。宏也是如此。