From: Alex Riesen <raa.lkml@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 12:23:17 GMT
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Rewrite some function exit paths to avoid "unreachable code" traps
Message-ID: <20071117122317.GA2716@steel.home>
In-Reply-To: <200711171139.32631.robin.rosenberg.lists@dewire.com>

Robin Rosenberg, Sat, Nov 17, 2007 11:39:32 +0100:
> lördag 17 november 2007 skrev Alex Riesen:
> > Noticed by Guido Ostkamp for Sun's Workshop cc.
> > 
> > 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?
> > >
> > 
> 
> Please... This just looks bad. I'm sure we'll have fixup patches on the list
> to fix those gotos. 
> 
> 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.