Suggestion: new switch statement

[Wim Vander Schelden]

On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:00:47 +0300, Kristian wrote:

> It would be nice if there was a new statement that acts like 'switch'  
> except that 'break' will be automatically added at the end of the case  
> statements. (We don't want to change the behavior of 'switch' because  
> it'll break old code and confuse people familiar with C/C++.)
> 
> Let call this new statement 'jump' (or something), for example:
> 
> void func(int val) {
>      jump(val) {
>          case 1:
>              doX();
>          case 2, 3:
>              doY();
>          default:
>              doZ();
>      }
> }

I think the non-curly bracket version is nicer, as it shows how closely it
is linked to the switch statement, and you don't have to put all those
useless symbols in. I find it very annoying to type curly brackets with
if/else/elseif statements, and I think many azerty-users do. We have to
press altgr-9 to get one, which is a long way for fingers to stretch.

Curly brackets or not, I think this jump thing would make a great addition
to the language, and I completely agree with you on the break thing:
falling through is something that I rarely use, and I've forgotten more
than enough break; statements for one lifetime.


-Wim