[issue43199] FAQ about goto lacks answer

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[issue43199] FAQ about goto lacks answer

miss-islington added the comment: New changeset 59f2741c4a1a53d4122d2cb512337f4b88619de9 by Miss Islington (bot) in branch '3.8': bpo-43199: Briefly explain why no goto (GH-24852) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/59f2741c4a1a53d4122d2cb512337f4b88619de9 --

[issue43199] FAQ about goto lacks answer

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[issue43199] FAQ about goto lacks answer

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[issue43199] FAQ about goto lacks answer

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[issue43199] FAQ about goto lacks answer

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[issue43199] FAQ about goto lacks answer

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[issue43199] FAQ about goto lacks answer

New submission from Mikael Lövqvist : In the FAQ there is a question "Why is there no goto?" but the answer addresses how to use exceptions to do something akin to goto. I think the documentation could benefit from the reasons why there is no goto or that the question is changed, perhaps "How