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<syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> is an unconditional jump to a previously declared [[Label|<syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">label</syntaxhighlight>]] (either before or after the <syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> command).
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<syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> is an unconditional jump to a previously declared [[Label|<syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">label</syntaxhighlight>]] (either before or after the <syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> command).
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It is a [[Reserved words|reserved word]].
  
Usage of <syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> in high-level programming languages such as Pascal is highly discredited, since control structures of all sorts are available.
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Usage of <syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> in high-level programming languages such as Pascal is highly discredited, since control structures of all sorts are available.
The last situation a <syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> is agreed with bad grace is a significant system error, where a “graceful exit” is better than causing a system breakdown.
 
  
As an example, here an excerpt from FPC's code base [https://svn.freepascal.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/tags/release_3_0_4/rtl/inc/extres.inc?revision=37113&view=markup#l324 <tt>rtl/inc/extres.inc</tt>]:
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The last situation a <syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> is agreed with bad grace to be a significant system error, where a “graceful exit” is better than causing a system breakdown.
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As an example, here an excerpt from FPC’s code base {{gitlab|blob|FPC|release_3_2_0/rtl/inc/extres.inc#L324-376|<tt>rtl/inc/extres.inc</tt>}}]:
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" line start="324">procedure InitResources;</syntaxhighlight>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" line start="324">procedure InitResources;</syntaxhighlight>
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" line start="328" highlight="1">label ExitErrMem, ExitErrFile, ExitNoErr;
 
<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" line start="328" highlight="1">label ExitErrMem, ExitErrFile, ExitNoErr;
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   ExitNoErr:
 
   ExitNoErr:
 
end;</syntaxhighlight>
 
end;</syntaxhighlight>
According to the value of {{Doc|package=RTL|unit=system|identifier=returnnilifgrowheapfails|text=<syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">returnNilIfGrowHeapFails</syntaxhighlight>}} {{Doc|package=RTL|unit=system|identifier=getmem|text=<syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">getMem</syntaxhighlight>}} possibly may return [[Nil|<syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">nil</syntaxhighlight>]].
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According to the value of {{Doc|package=RTL|unit=system|identifier=returnnilifgrowheapfails|text=<syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">returnNilIfGrowHeapFails</syntaxhighlight>}} {{Doc|package=RTL|unit=system|identifier=getmem|text=<syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">getMem</syntaxhighlight>}} possibly may return [[Nil|<syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">nil</syntaxhighlight>]].
Instead of placing ''everything'' in a “success”-branch, a couple <syntaxhighlight enclose="none" lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> instructions were chosen.
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Instead of placing ''everything'' in a “success”-branch, a couple <syntaxhighlight inline lang="pascal">goto</syntaxhighlight> instructions were chosen.
  
== see also ==
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== See also ==
* [[sGoto|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" enclose="none">{$goto}</syntaxhighlight> compiler directive]]
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* [[Exit|<syntaxhighlight lang="delphi" inline>exit</syntaxhighlight>]]
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* [[sGoto|<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>{$goto}</syntaxhighlight> compiler directive]]
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* {{Doc|package=RTL|unit=system|identifier=longjmp|text=<syntaxhighlight lang="pascal" inline>system.longJmp</syntaxhighlight>}}
  
[[Category:Pascal]]
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[[Category: Code]]
[[Category:Control Structures]]
 

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goto is an unconditional jump to a previously declared label (either before or after the goto command). It is a reserved word.

Usage of goto in high-level programming languages such as Pascal is highly discredited, since control structures of all sorts are available.

The last situation a goto is agreed with bad grace to be a significant system error, where a “graceful exit” is better than causing a system breakdown.

As an example, here an excerpt from FPC’s code base rtl/inc/extres.inc]:

324procedure InitResources;
328label ExitErrMem, ExitErrFile, ExitNoErr;
329begin
339  ResHeader:=GetMem(sizeof(TExtHeader));
340  if ResHeader=nil then goto ExitErrFile;
366  goto ExitNoErr;
367
368  ExitErrMem:
369    FreeMem(ResHeader);
370    ResHeader:=nil;
371  ExitErrFile:
372    {$I-}
373    Close(fd);
374    {$I+}
375  ExitNoErr:
376end;

According to the value of returnNilIfGrowHeapFails getMem possibly may return nil. Instead of placing everything in a “success”-branch, a couple goto instructions were chosen.

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