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Well, sometimes it is possible to write a loop with
break
or without it, and in such cases solution withoutbreak
is better readable. But if you don't see a simple way to avoid usingbreak
, use it. It is very common, as well as having multiplereturn
statements in function. Evengoto
can be a good solution sometimes if it points to label located below and not very far.However you should avoid some antipatterns. If you write an infinite loop that is interrupted only by break, it is highly likely that you are doing something wrong. Nested loops with multiple breaks or gotos are very hard to read and debug. Such code usually can and should be rewritten for better readability and to avoid possible errors (occasional hangs, for instance).