Re: Switch/Case statements revisited

["steve donovan" <steve.j.donovan@...>]

On Nov 9, 2007 11:05 AM, Asko Kauppi <askok@dnainternet.net> wrote:
> How about making a "competition" or a quest for the perfect switch
> (if there is one) right here on the mailing list?

I'm wondering, was there ever a great language feature which came out
of a mailing list discussion? Not sarcastic, just genuinely
interested.

My vote is for David Given's suggestion:

match k
  with 10, 11 then return 1 end
  with 12 then return 2 end
  with i if 13<=i and i<=16 then return 4 end
end

It's understood to involve just linear chains of elseifs ;)

steve d.