[Python-Dev] Re: switch statement (original) (raw)

Michael Walter michael.walter at gmail.com
Thu Apr 28 14:46:22 CEST 2005

On 4/28/05, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen at xemacs.org> wrote:

>>>>> "Guido" == Guido van Rossum <gvanrossum at gmail.com> writes:

Guido> You mean like this? if x > 0: ...normal case... elif y > 0: ....abnormal case... else: ...edge case... The salient example! If it's no accident that those conditions are mutually exclusive and exhaustive, doesn't that code require at least a comment saying so, and maybe even an assertion to that effect?

I usually do:

if ...: return ... if ...: return ... assert ... return ...

Michael

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