Re: Changing syntax

[tuomov@... (Tuomo Valkonen)]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:10:34AM -0600, Virgil Smith wrote:
> is simple enough, however, how would one implement the equivalent of...
> 
> select case(x)
> {
>    case 1,2:  ...
>    case 3,7:  ...
>    case 9:    ...
>    case else: ...
> }

Or maybe

case(x){
    [{1,2}] = function() ... end,
    [{3,7}] = function() ... end,
    [9]     = function() ... end,
    [false] = function() ... end
}

Alas, implementation becomes quite inefficient, and this won't work
if x is allowed to be of any type.

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Tuomo