annoying problem - or I don't get it

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The switch statement requires a constant to test against in each case statement. It works great; however, if one has a lot of tests to do where the case tests a are computed at runtime there is a problem. So> 

 
constant tests = {3,9,12,33}		--really a much longer sequence 
integer x = 12 
switch x do 
     case tests[1] then 
          puts(1,"Case = 1\n") 
     break 
     case "" 
end switch

output follows: 

jd@jd-ubuntu:~/euphoria/code/misc_and_test$ eui switch_test.ex 
switch_test.ex:4 
<0066>:: expected 'then' or ',', not '[' 
     case tests[1] then 
               ^

As you can see the parser cannot handle what is otherwise a perfectly valid statement. tests[1] is a constant. Try creating a bunch of constants one at a time. I know there are other ways of doing this - some are even elegant. I just think it should work!

Regards, jd

any thoughts? anyone?

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