Dan Muey wrote:
>
> > Thomas Browner wrote:
> > >
> > > Could some one show me an example of a labeled block (goto)?
> >
> > perlsyn.pod has many examples of labeled blocks
> >
> > perldoc perlsyn
>
> This thread got me thinking.
"Thread"? Since your MUA doesn't provide a "References:" header it is
not part of any "thread". Also your MUA seems to have elided any
attribution to the text I typed above.
> Just for the info, with mod_perl it can be bad to call exit() as you may kill apache.
>
> So instead of exit what would be wrong or right/pro or con of doing this:
>
> Instead of this:
> if($evilthings) { exit; }
>
> Do this, put QUIT: as the very last line of the script
> Do
> if($evilthings) { goto QUIT; }
>
> Any comments?
An early exit is frowned upon but a goto is just plain evil, this isn't
BASIC. :-)
> Just wondering since I never use goto() or exit() but wanting to expand my brain a
> bit.
Most perl programs are short enough that exiting/returning early is not
a big problem.
John
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