goto error_handling;

gistfile1.c

int read_file_normal(const char* filename)
{
    FILE* f = fopen(filename, "rt");
    char buf[100];

    if (f == NULL) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open %s", filename);
        goto error_open;
    }

    if (fread(buf, sizeof(buf), 1, f) == 0) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to read data from %s\n", filename);
        goto error_read;
    }

    if (fclose(f) == EOF) {
        fprintf(stderr, "Failed to close %s\n", filename);
    }

    return 0;

error_read:
    fclose(f);
error_open:
    return -1;
}

int foo(object *a) {

    object *temp, *res;

    if(!(temp = getb(a))) {
        return -1;
    }

    res = getc(temp);
    free(temp);

    if(!res) {
        return -1;
    }

    res = getd(temp = res);
    free(temp);

    if(!res) {
        return -1;
    }

}

<interrupted else-if chain>
if(error) {
}
else if(exp) {
...