> On Dec 16, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Ben Ramsey <b...@benramsey.com> wrote:
>
>> On Dec 16, 2020, at 10:54, Mike Schinkel <m...@newclarity.net> wrote:
>>
>> If we allow "switch {...}" to represent "switch (true){...}" then the value
>> switch compares will be hidden and less obvious to a developer if they are
>> forgetting to consider switch's evaluation behavior. For some people this
>> would increase the WTF factor.
>
> How does `"switch (true){...}"` cause less surprise than `"switch {...}”` for
> loose comparisons? IMO, seeing the boolean value `true` causes more
> confusion, since it matches any truthy value but the constant value in the
> expression is a bool.
I believe I must have worded it such that you misunderstood what I was writing.
In fact, what you wrote is the point I was trying to get across. Sorry for my
poor phrasing.
-Mike
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