Question

I was reading some c++ code, and i saw something interesting.

The code was something like this:

repeat:
    ...code here....
fallback:
    ...code here....
start:
        ....another code....

This is the first time i am seeing this kind of “labels” in c++ code, i called the labels cos i have seen something similar in assembly code where the code is divided into sections with different titles which end with colon.

I am asking you what does that mean, and of what use it can be ?

Answer 1

It is a label, to which you can jump using a goto.

Whether one should use gotos in a program is another matter entirely.