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Re: voting on GOTO

• Posted by Lucius L. Hilley III <euphoria at unkma?.com> Jun 06, 2008
• 814 views

Euler German wrote:
> 
> > On 5 Jun 2008 at 20:20, Chris Bensler wrote (maybe snipped):
> 
> > 
> > posted by: Chris Bensler <eu at cre?tivep?rtal.ca>
> > 
> > Euler German wrote:
> > > 
> > > > On 5 Jun 2008 at 15:28, Derek Parnell wrote (maybe snipped):
> > > 
> > > > posted by: Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpo??.com>
> > > > 
> > > > Euler German wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Just to add that there are times when I really miss a DO CASE
> > > > > case this ... case that ... other[wise] ... END CASE construct.
> > > > > But I can wait. :)
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > This construct has been implemented in v4.0 and I'm doing some
> > > > extensive testing with it. It works very well and makes code look
> > > > a lot cleaner. eg.
> > > > 
> > > >    switch upper(SOMEVAL) do
> > > >        case "ME":
> > > >        case "MYSELF":
> > > >        case "I":
> > > >               foo()
> > > >               exit
> > > > 
> > > >        case "YOU":
> > > >        case "THEM":
> > > >              bar()              
> > > >              -- fall thru
> > > > 
> > > >        case "HE":
> > > >        case "SHE":
> > > >              qwerty()
> > > >             exit
> > > > 
> > > >        case else:
> > > >              default()
> > > > 
> > > >     end switch
> > > > 
> > > That's what I was talking about! Job well done guys. You have my
> > > endless sympathy. :)
> > > 
> > > And though "else case" sounds a bit weird I can live with that. ;)
> > > 
> > > -- 
> > > _
> > > _| euler f german
> > > _| sete lagoas, mg, brazil
> > > _| efgerman{AT}gmail{DOT}com
> > > 
> > > 
> > 'case else' disambiguates from if/else
> > 
> Indeed, but wouldn't "otherwise" make it even better? I mean, the 
> only place you can expect "else" is on if ... end if constructs. But 
> this is me.
> 
> -- 
> _
> _| euler f german
> _| sete lagoas, mg, brazil
> _| efgerman{AT}gmail{DOT}com
> 
> 

Sure, lets just keep adding keywords to accomplish the task instead
of reorganizing the current ones in an elegant and explanatory way.

After all, how many keywords does euphoria need before it simply
scares newbies to death?  Wow, I thought we were going for sexy and
simple.

    Lucius L. Hilley III - Unkmar