On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 04:10:20AM +1000, Damian Conway wrote: > > If a switch is considered like a loop then next would be the same > > as 'break' in C, as would last and redo would repeat the switch. > > But a switch is not a loop. True, but in perl any block is considered to be a loop that executes only once. > Long and bitter experience indicates that fallthrough is a poor default > (but a good *option*). I guess it's what your used to. Graham.
- RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Perl6 RFC Librarian
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Graham Barr
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Damian Conway
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Jonathan Scott Duff
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Ted Ashton
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement John Porter
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Graham Barr
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Glenn Linderman
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Damian Conway
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Glenn Linderman
- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch statement Ken Fox
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- Re: RFC 22 (v1) Builtin switch s... Jeremy Howard
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