Why is this an issue?
goto is an unstructured control flow statement. It makes code less readable and maintainable. Structured control flow statements such
as if, for, while, continue or break should be used instead.
Noncompliant code example
int i = 0;
loop:
printf("i = %d\n", i);
i++;
if (i < 10){
goto loop; // Noncompliant
}
Compliant solution
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
printf("i = %d\n", i);
}
Resources
- MISRA C:2004, 14.4 - The goto statement shall not be used.
- MISRA C:2012, 15.1 - The goto statement should not be used
- C++ Core Guidelines ES.76: Avoid
goto
