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		mgaunard 51 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Problems with C++ exceptions sure, but that has limitations as well, since gotos can't cross lexical scopes, so you can't introduce variables later on, and it's easy to mess up. Destructors are a higher-level and safer approach.

1718627440 50 days ago [–]

> since gotos can't cross lexical scopes, so you can't introduce variables later on

That's a C++ specific limitation, it works just fine in C.

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