> On Jul 10, 2016, at 11:54 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I disagree. First, in both cases there's an A and a B. The two scenarios we
> are comparing are "if condition continue, else break" and "if condition
> continue, else fallthrough". Both break and fallthrough are equally control
> transfer experiments. Both of these scenarios add complexity for reasoning
> (compare case B and case C in my example above).
>
> Obviously, in code, whichever of statement A or B is first reached will
> preclude execution of the other. But the whole point of control flow
> statements is to provide an expressive way to branch when necessary. If we
> agree that the complexity introduced by `continue` is worthwhile and useful,
> then "if condition continue, else fallthrough" is just as legitimate a use
> case as "if condition continue, else break."
>
> As such, I'd conclude that I'm neutral on the proposal (I could do without
> it, but it would be intriguing and Swifty to empower the switch statement
> further). However, if adopted I'd strongly urge having all uses of continue
> permitted. Including something like `continue case 0..<2 where y < z` if a
> subsequent case is written as such, since after all cases are syntaxed like
> labels.
> On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 00:44 Erica Sadun <er...@ericasadun.com
> <mailto:er...@ericasadun.com>> wrote:
>
> > On Jul 10, 2016, at 11:42 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi...@gmail.com
> > <mailto:xiaodi...@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Right. Both seem equally reasonable alternatives if a condition isn't
> > fulfilled where I'd like to continue pattern matching. Why do you say one
> > of these would be fair to disallow?
>
> I'm saying pick behavior A or behavior B but don't do A & B because that
> makes computing the possibilities unnecessarily complex and I cannot think of
> a single real-world use-case where one would want to do both at the same time.
>
> -- E
>
>
Can you give me an example where anyone would ever want to say:
case something:
continue
fallthrough
-- E
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