To use goto or not?

Question

This question may sound cliched, but I am in a situation here.

I am trying to implement a finite state automaton to parse a certain string in C. As I started writin

Answer 1

Goto isn't neccessary evil, and I have to strongly disagree with Denis, yes goto might be a bad idea in most cases, but there are uses. The biggest fear with goto is so called "spagetti-code", untraceable code paths. If you can avoid that and if it will always be clear how the code behaves and you don't jump out of the function with a goto, there is nothing against goto. Just use it with caution and if you are tempted to use it, really evaluate the situation and find a better solution. If you unable to do this, goto can be used.