[Python-Dev] Switch statement (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Wed Jun 21 06:56:33 CEST 2006

On 6/20/06, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

Guido van Rossum wrote:

> Well, the hypothetical use case is one where we have an arbitrary > object of unknown origin or type, and we want to special-case > treatment for a few known values. I'd need convincing that this use case is anything more than hypothetical. Also, you can always put your own test for hashability around it if you want.

Right. I wasn't defending the use case. That's why I called it "hypothetical".

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