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I'm not hating, I think it'll help clean up my PHP code. Just like you said, there's nothing wrong with GOTOs unless they're abused, just like any other language feature.

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How would gotos clean up your code?

They can be extremely useful in error handling. They're also great as a substitute for labeled break statements if your language doesn't support them.

What ever happened to exceptions, which were explicitly invented to handle errors

Yeah. Turns out they're no silver bullet either. These days, my approach is pragmatic: use whatever works and produces the most readable code.

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