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From: Andrew Morton <andrewm@uow.edu.au>
To: "J . A . Magallon" <jamagallon@able.es>
Cc: Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc-3.0 warnings
Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2001 11:42:46 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3ABBED86.3B7ED60B@uow.edu.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010323162956.A27066@ganymede.isdn.uiuc.edu> <Pine.LNX.4.31.0103231433380.766-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>, <Pine.LNX.4.31.0103231433380.766-100000@penguin.transmeta.com>; from torvalds@transmeta.com on Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 23:34:15 +0100 <20010323235909.C3098@werewolf.able.es>

"J . A . Magallon" wrote:
> 
>  The same is with that ugly out: at the end
> of the function. Just change all that 'goto out' for a return.

Oh no, no, no.  Please, no.

Multiple return statements are a maintenance nightmare.

Go back and look at the "checker" reports.  Think about them.

-

  parent reply	other threads:[~2001-03-24  0:42 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2001-03-23  0:11 [PATCH] gcc-3.0 warnings J . A . Magallon
2001-03-23  0:28 ` Alan Cox
2001-03-23  0:38   ` J . A . Magallon
2001-03-23  9:29     ` Tim Waugh
2001-03-23 23:56     ` Ingo Oeser
2001-03-23 22:29   ` Bill Wendling
2001-03-23 22:34     ` Linus Torvalds
2001-03-23 22:59       ` J . A . Magallon
2001-03-24  0:31         ` Tim Wright
2001-03-24  0:42         ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2001-03-24  0:55           ` J . A . Magallon
2001-03-24 21:51             ` Tim Waugh
2001-03-24  1:16         ` Stephen Satchell
2001-03-26 14:25           ` Tim Wright
2001-03-24  5:30         ` Ion Badulescu
2001-03-23 17:12 ` Horst von Brand

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