[Python-Dev] Switch statement

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 03:38 AM 6/21/2006 -0500, Ka-Ping Yee wrote:
>On Wed, 21 Jun 2006, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> > Well, EIBTI and all that:
> >
> >      switch x:
> >          case == 1: foo(x)
> >          case in S: bar(x)
> >
> > It even lines up nicely.  :)
>
>Hmm, this is rather nice.  I can imagine possible use cases for
>
>     switch x:
>         case > 3: foo(x)
>         case is y: spam(x)
>         case == z: eggs(x)
>
>An interesting use case for which this offers no corresponding
>syntax is
>
>         case instanceof ClassA: ham(x)

Actually, I was assuming that any other operator besides == and 'in' would 
be relegated to an if-elif chain in the default case, although it's almost 
possible to do that automatically, I suppose.