[Python-Dev] switch-based programming in Python

[Greg Ewing]

"Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com>:

> I disagree. Such fallthrough is very useful when writing state machines,
> which is a significant part of the utility of a case statement.

It only handles a special case, though, where one
branch is a strict postfix of another. It's no use
if the factoring you want to do is any more
complicated.

Also, it's backwards to require you to explicitly
state where you *don't* want fallthrough, when it's
most often not what you want.

I'm about -100 on fallthrough.

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