Re: New Switch Idea
- Posted by mattlewis (admin) Mar 28, 2009
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We decided on the dev list against this because of the very close similarities of switch/selects operations.
Well, that's the point: Similar operation - similar look. I dislike "switch without fallthru" because it is too verbose ("fallthru" is even spelt wrong). And making "select" a keyword really does no harm, IMHO.
The problem is that they are possibly too similar, especially to introduce into a language that's never had either. We have to consider the effect upon the user base. Euphoria has always been a fairly verbose language, and the with/without syntax goes along with that, including making the intended and expected behavior crystal clear.
Also, there's always a downside to adding keywords. And select is a common word, from GUI widgets and databases.
Matt
