donno2048/pygoto: Use goto in Python

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Hi,

I have used goto instruction a lot when I started to program in Basic ( an Amstrad CPC 🥹). In this context goto had logic. But in modern languages like python I think it is a very bad idea:

Understand the logic is more complex

Functions and methods are a better and more powerfull alternative

It is dangerous: add or remove a new line of code could have bad consequences

Regards
- i've found a good alternative is returning functions
  
  eg. you have a function like this:
  
  def cycle(func): while True: func=func()
  
  then you start with cycle(main)
  
  def main(): return intro
  
  if __name__ == '__main__: cycle(main)
  
  and then main returns the next function, and following functions return functions..
  
  def intro(): if thisthing: return thisfunc if thatthing: return thatfunc
  
  return is being used like goto
  
  @stOneskull @xurxia man it's really cool
Making proper use of objects and loops would eliminate any need for goto in python.

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