On 18 May 2012 22:07, Michael G Schwern <schw...@pobox.com> wrote: > switch fall through. (still a classic mistake).
I guess you mean defaulting to falling through? Yeah that probably should have defaulted to the other way, even though C's approach matches what actually happens. On the other hand i seem to remember that a number of modern languages hatefully support a switch statement but do not support fall through at all. I recently did some C where I really came to appreciate of the value of switch fall-through. Despite all its hateful aspects, and indeed perhaps *because of them* I find the occasional foray from my comfortable Perl-world to the harsh and unforgiving terrain of C-land to be quite refreshing. Its like going camping in the wilderness for a vacation from city life, rustic, simple, and actually quite pleasant despite the lack of amenities. cheers, Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"
