"Ellery Newcomer" <ellery-newco...@utulsa.edu> wrote in message news:hfekll$pb...@digitalmars.com... > On 12/05/2009 03:39 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "Steven Schveighoffer"<schvei...@yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:op.u4hhjisgeav...@localhost.localdomain... >>> On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:08:00 -0500, Nick Sabalausky<a...@a.a> wrote: >>> >>>> I just noticed in D1 that the values for the cases in a switch must be >>>> known >>>> at compile-time (btw, the docs don't seem somewhat vague on that). Is >>>> this >>>> also true in D2? If so, I don't suppose we could get that changed >>>> before >>>> the >>>> book? It's a real PITA for dynamic code. >>> >>> you mean a real PITA to use if instead of switch? >> >> For long "if else(x == y)" chains where the x is always the same? Yes, >> absolutely. >> > > More so than remembering to type break after each case block?
Good point, but that's really a separate issue.
