In article <mailman.1737.1317798109.27778.python-list at python.org>, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote: > Definitely. There's always a right time to do the wrong thing, just as > much as there's a wrong time to do the right thing. Even the > much-maligned goto has its place. Not in python, it doesn't :-) But, yes, I agree that in languages that support it, it can be useful. When I was writing C++ for a living, I must have written a goto at least once every couple of years.