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From: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon)
Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm,net.lang.c
Subject: Re: What is the setjump call?
Message-ID: <373@felix.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 18:24:50 EDT
Article-I.D.: felix.373
Posted: Mon Oct  1 18:24:50 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 4-Oct-84 08:15:52 EDT
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Reply-To: zemon@felix.UUCP (Art Zemon)
Organization: FileNet Corp., Costa Mesa, Ca.
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Keywords: setjmp longjmp
Summary: 


The routine is "setjmp" and in conjunction with "longjmp"
provides the ability to "goto" anywhere in a program where
you have already been.  It is typically used for error
recovery or interrupt handling and, like the mundane
"goto," is probably not a part of good, structured
programming.

You certainly should not go out of your way to work it into
your programs.
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