On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:

> x()
> {
> 
>       switch (1) {
>       case 0:
>       case 1:
>       case 2:
>       case 3:
>       ;
>       }
> }
> 
> Why am I required to put a `;' only in the last case and not in
> all the previous ones?

That `;' above is NOT in just the last one. In your above
example, all the labels will execute the same `;' statement.

In fact, the default behaviour of the switch() operation is
to fall through to the next defined label and you have to put
in an explicit `break;' if you want to prevent `case 0:' from
reaching the `;' below the `case 3:'...

regards,

Rik
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