best way to do this: on error goto beginning of the main()?

[John Smith]

I want the program to jump to the beginning of the main() if in a
function a certain error is detected. What's the best way to
handle this?

[SM Ryan]

John Smith <js****@company.com> wrote:
# I want the program to jump to the beginning of the main() if in a
# function a certain error is detected. What's the best way to
# handle this?
#
#

setjmp/longjmp perhaps.

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[Mike Wahler]

"John Smith" <js****@company.com> wrote in message
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I want the program to jump to the beginning of the main() if in a
function a certain error is detected. What's the best way to
handle this?

"Best" is a subjective term. But consider:

#include <stdio.h>

int func(int arg)
{
if(arg < 0)
return 0;
else
return 1;
}

int main()
{
int i = -2;

/* 'beginning of main()' */
while(!func(i))
printf("func(): invalid argument (%d)\n", i++);

printf("func(): argument (%d) OK\n", i);
return 0;
}

-Mike

[Emmanuel Delahaye]

SM Ryan wrote on 24/09/05 :

John Smith <js****@company.com> wrote:
# I want the program to jump to the beginning of the main() if in a
# function a certain error is detected. What's the best way to
# handle this?
#
#

setjmp/longjmp perhaps.

The OP asked for the best, not the worst...

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