> On Oct 29, 2018, at 5:24 PM, R0b0t1 <r03...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think it is important to differentiate between a language feature
> and its common implementation. Perhaps case statements with variables
> make sense? Of course, that doesn't mean anyone is going to add them.
I’ve been programming Pascal since about 1995 and I never knew cases were an
optimization or had any special meaning. In my mind I thought they were just a
nice way to do branching when there were lots of cases to check (hence the
“case statement”).
Under the hood I would think cases with variables should just perform as
if..else statements but as was pointed out that would require a significant
amount of work.
Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t going crazy because you’d think a person like
me would know something so basic about Pascal by now.
Regards,
Ryan Joseph
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