Switch-case made less buggy, now with PATCH!

[Chad J]

Bill Baxter wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 1:50 AM, Chad J
> <chadjoan at __spam.is.bad__gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The argument for it comes down to this: "fallthrough is very rare and
>>> therefore, most uses of fallthrough are bugs".
>> Not as I remember.
>>
>> "inline assembly is very rare and therefore, most uses of inline
>> assembly are bugs."
> 
> Bad analogy.  It's pretty much impossible to unintentionally put some
> inline ASM in your code.
> 
> --bb

That's my point.

I was refuting the idea that the argument for removing fallthrough was
based on its rarity.

Rarity has little to do with safety.  Intent has everything to do with
safety.