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Re: Case Statements

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Date Wed, 16 Mar 2016 10:35:16 +0100
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Op 16-03-16 om 09:47 schreef Mark Lawrence:
>
>>
>> Same with switch. You can use a hash table etc. to simulate switches,
>> but only if the codeblocks are independent. Otherwise, if-elif chains
>> are the way to go. Command line parsing is a case where switch
>> statements are often used, e.g. in shell scripts.
>
> I've seen at least six different ways of simulating switches, so those
> people who want them, can have them.  if-elif chains are not likely to
> kill any Python programmer.
>
> I have no interest what other languages use switch/case statements
> for, as we've on the PYTHON mailing list.

There once were multiple ways to simulate a conditional expression.
And it was generally thought that using if else statements instead
of a conditional expression was unlikely to kill any Python programmer.

But then one of the core developers was bitten by a nasty bug because
he was using one of those constructs that simulated a conditional
expression and soon enough Python had a conditional expression.

So I guess those who would like a case statement in Python can
only hope a core developer gets bitten by a nasty bug while using
one of those ways of simulating switches.

-- 
Antoon Pardon

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Case Statements jj0gen0info@gmail.com - 2016-03-15 13:46 -0700
  Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-15 23:11 +0000
  Re: Case Statements jj0gen0info@gmail.com - 2016-03-15 16:47 -0700
    Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-15 23:58 +0000
    Re: Case Statements BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-03-16 00:51 +0000
      Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 01:05 +0000
  Re: Case Statements jj0gen0info@gmail.com - 2016-03-15 18:55 -0700
    Re: Case Statements "Mario R. Osorio" <nimbiotics@gmail.com> - 2016-03-15 21:06 -0700
      Re: Case Statements BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-03-16 10:34 +0000
        Re: Case Statements Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-16 23:56 +1100
    Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 04:26 +0000
      Re: Case Statements Christian Gollwitzer <auriocus@gmx.de> - 2016-03-16 09:13 +0100
        Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 08:47 +0000
        Re: Case Statements Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-16 11:16 +0200
        Re: Case Statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-16 10:35 +0100
        Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 09:51 +0000
          Re: Case Statements BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-03-16 19:41 +0000
            Re: Case Statements BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-03-16 22:30 +0000
        Re: Case Statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-16 11:52 +0100
        Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 11:07 +0000
          Re: Case Statements BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-03-16 11:16 +0000
            Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 11:33 +0000
            Re: Case Statements Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-16 14:21 +0200
              Re: Case Statements BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-03-16 12:53 +0000
                Re: Case Statements Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-16 16:31 +0200
                Re: Case Statements BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2016-03-16 15:00 +0000
                Re: Case Statements Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-16 19:07 +0200
              Re: Case Statements Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 01:01 -0700
                Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-20 08:29 +0000
        Re: Case Statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-16 14:38 +0100
        Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 14:02 +0000
        Re: Case Statements Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-16 21:27 +0200
          Re: Case Statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-17 09:22 +0100
            Re: Case Statements Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-17 10:57 +0200
              Re: Case Statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-17 10:12 +0100
        Re: Case Statements Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-17 11:19 +1100
          Re: Case Statements Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-17 12:54 +1100
            Re: Case Statements Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-03-17 18:45 +1300
              Re: Case Statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 17:30 +1100
                Re: Case Statements Gregory Ewing <greg.ewing@canterbury.ac.nz> - 2016-03-18 18:59 +1300
              Re: Case Statements Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-17 17:29 +1100
                Re: Case Statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 17:48 +1100
                Re: Case Statements Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-17 21:53 +1100
                Re: Case Statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 22:49 +1100
            Re: Case Statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-17 10:23 +0100
            Re: Case Statements Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-17 20:55 +1100
          Re: Case Statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-17 09:36 +0100
        Re: Case Statements Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2016-03-17 09:38 +0100
  Re: Case Statements l0r0m0a0i0l@gmail.com - 2016-03-16 06:15 -0700
    Re: Case Statements Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-17 00:27 +1100
      Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 14:00 +0000
    Re: Case Statements Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-03-16 13:59 +0000
  Re: Case Statements l0r0m0a0i0l@gmail.com - 2016-03-16 07:21 -0700
    Re: Case Statements Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2016-03-16 16:33 +0200

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