[LinuxBIOS] flashrom: patch for jedec.c

[Eric W. Biederman]

Segher Boessenkool <segher at kernel.crashing.org> writes:

>> The initial idea why you should _not_ use GOTOs is that GOTOs suck ;-)
>> There was a paper called "Go To Statement Considered Harmful" from
>> Edsger W. Dijkstra (and that man probably knows what he's talking  
>> about)
>> in 1968 (!). GOTOs usually produce unreadable, unmaintainable code and
>> should generally not be used.
>
> Using gotos instead of higher-level control structures is evil.
> Using such control structures to simulate goto is just as evil.

You mean you don't like people writing loops with function calls?

void loop(int n)
{
        if (n > 0)
        	loop(n);
        return;                       
}

Sorry I couldn't resist.  But you certainly have the gist of the Dijkstra's
argument.  Of course we was slightly biased having introduced several of the
higher level constructs if I recall correctly. :)

Eric