2005/11/15, Nick Coghlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Specifically, the body of the entire function is written inside a switch
> statement, with 'break' then used as the equivalent of "raise Exception". For
> example:
>
> PyObject* switchAsTry()
> {
> switch(0) {
> default:
> /* Real function body goes here */
> return result;
> }
> /* Error cleanup code goes here */
> return NULL;
> }
>
> It avoids the potential for labelling problems that arises when goto's are
> used for resource cleanup. It's a far cry from real exception handling, but
> it's the best solution I've seen within the limits of C.
<delurk>
do {
....
....
} while (0);
Same benefit and saves some typing :)
Now back to my usual hiding place.
</delurk>
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