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From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rewrite some function exit paths to avoid "unreachable
	code" traps
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 13:23:17 +0100
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Robin Rosenberg, Sat, Nov 17, 2007 11:39:32 +0100:
> l=F6rdag 17 november 2007 skrev Alex Riesen:
> > Noticed by Guido Ostkamp for Sun's Workshop cc.
> >=20
> > Originally-by: Guido Ostkamp <git@ostkamp.fastmail.fm>
> > Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > Guido Ostkamp, Fri, Nov 16, 2007 23:52:01 +0100:
> > >
> > > What about the xdiff/xdiffi.c problem that should also be solved?
> > >
> >=20
>=20
> Please... This just looks bad. I'm sure we'll have fixup patches on t=
he list
> to fix those gotos.=20
>=20
> Do we support any such stupid compiler that requires a dummy goto?

It is more for the compilers we don't know about yet.

Userspace programming, especially with intent to be portable, often
means supporting *bugs* of the platform where it happens.