Switch statements cause compile errors

[benekastah]

And when this is fixed, it would also be nice if break statements aren't required. They're silly. I would like something like:

switch foo {
  case :bar:
    aha()
  case :batz:
    doSomething()
    fallthrough
  default
    bar()
}

Just an idea.

[weepy]

ideally I'd like to keep compatibility with Javascript. Perhaps there's
another way ?

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 5:36 AM, benekastah <
reply@reply.github.com>wrote:

And when this is fixed, it would also be nice if break statements
aren't required. They're silly. I would like something like:

switch foo {
 case :bar:
   aha()
 case :batz:
   doSomething()
   fallthrough
 default
   bar()
}

Just an idea.

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[benekastah]

There's always the ruby way. That's the best variation of the switch I've used.

// this is only ruby-ish
case thing {
  when 'rock', 'roll'
    rockNRoll()
  else
    goHome()
    beSad()
}

Then if you really need to use the fallthrough capability, you can just write your switch in pure js.

[weepy]

how about

switch thing
 when 'rock', 'roll':
   rockNRoll()
 else:
   beSad()

? do we want/need the colons ?

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:31 AM, benekastah <
reply@reply.github.com>wrote:

There's always the ruby way. That's the best variation of the switch I've
used.

case thing
 when 'rock', 'roll'
   rockNRoll()
 else
   beSad()

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[benekastah]

Yeah, I actually kind of like the colons. It's a little more javascripty, and they help me a bit visually.

[weepy]

yeah agreed.

maybe we don't need the else as it doesn't add anything beyond 'default' ?

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:41 AM, benekastah <
reply@reply.github.com>wrote:

Yeah, I actually kind of like the colons. It's a little more javascripty,
and they help me a bit visually.

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[benekastah]

True. default would be better in this context.

[weepy]

ok so :

switch thing {
 when 'rock', 'roll':
   rockNRoll()
 when 'jazz':
    jazz()
 default:
   beSad()
}

which is converted to :

switch(thing) {
 case 'rock':
   rockNRoll(); break; case 'roll': rockNRoll(); break;
 case 'jazz':
   jazz(); break;
 default:
   beSad()
}

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 8:46 AM, benekastah <
reply@reply.github.com>wrote:

True. default would be better in this context.

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