About switch case statements...

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:01:47 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:27:22 -0500, Don <nospam at nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Requiring 'goto' to implement fall-through would run into the  
>>> prejudice against 'goto'. It's necessary to persuade managers that  
>>> "goto case XXX;" isn't a bad, evil goto that eats babies. I have no  
>>> idea if that's difficult or not. Otherwise, I think it's a superb  
>>> solution.
>>> (providing that empty fall-through case statements remain valid;  
>>> disallowing them would be really annoying).
>>  It hasn't hurt C# at all...
>>  http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/06tc147t(VS.80).aspx
>>  I haven't had any issues with it.  This reminds me of the != null  
>> problem.  Now if only Walter made as many mistakes with switch case  
>> fallthrough as he did with != null :)
>>  Walter, at some point, you should heed the complaints of the masses  
>> even if it doesn't affect you.  It's like a politician who lives in a  
>> nice neighborhood ignoring the requests of his constituents for more  
>> police protection in higher crime areas because he doesn't live there.   
>> Except it's worse, because we can't vote you out :)
>>  Also keep in mind that this does *not* change the power of switch at  
>> all, since goto already covers fallthrough.  One thing I learned from  
>> the != null to !is null change is that I stopped writing the offending  
>> code when I get immediate feedback.  It just gets ingrained in my brain  
>> better.  So having to write goto next_case;  all the time is going to  
>> be much less of a chore than you think, because you'll just learn to  
>> avoid that mistake in the first place.
>
> My thoughts exactly. But that being said, if a guy can't design his own  
> language to cater for what he thinks he frequently does (massive,  
> overwhelming, and exhausting evidence to the contrary notwithstanding),  
> then where is freedom in this world?

You are totally free to make a language that nobody uses :)

-Steve