On 21 February 2014 03:27, Ary Borenszweig <a...@esperanto.org.ar> wrote:
> On 2/20/14, 1:53 PM, Manu wrote: > >> On 21 February 2014 01:20, Steven Schveighoffer <schvei...@yahoo.com >> <mailto:schvei...@yahoo.com>> wrote: >> >> On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:13:27 -0500, Daniel Murphy >> <yebbliesnos...@gmail.com <mailto:yebbliesnos...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> "Steven Schveighoffer" wrote in message >> news:op.xbk44onleav7ka@__stevens-macbook-pro.local... >> >> >> What I really would be curious about is if in most D code, >> you see a lot more default: break; than default: assert(0); >> >> >> I just did a quick git-grep on the compiler source (not D, but >> all switches do have a default thanks to the d port) >> >> With 707 "default:"s 68 had a break on either the same or next >> line, and 249 had an assert(0). >> >> On phobos I get 22 assert(0)s vs 10 breaks with 147 defaults >> >> With druntime i get 24 assert(0)s + 5 error();s vs 11 breaks >> with 64 defaults. >> >> >> Good data, but I was more thinking of people who use D, not the core >> language. The core language's developers have different behaviors >> than standard users. I'm not dismissing this data, but I would like >> to see more application statistics. >> >> >> In my little app: >> 17 default: break; >> 1 default: assert(0); ... and I just realised it should have been a >> final switch() anyway... so now there's 0. >> > > Did you put those "default: break;" because: > > 1. The compiler told it to do so. > 2. You already know the compiler will tell you, so you put it before that > happens. > Because the compiler told me. It's not a habit of mine to type it. In the cases where it was "1.", did it make you think whether you needed to > handle the default case? > Never. If I meant to handle the case, I would have already handled the case. I've never forgotten to handle the case when I was supposed to. In the same way I've never forgotten to write else after an if when I intend to.