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		pmjordan on June 30, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: PHP 5.3.0 Released 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.

aceofspades19 on July 1, 2009 [–]

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

pmjordan on July 1, 2009 | [–]

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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