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

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sat Jun 24 02:52:35 CEST 2006

On 6/23/06, Josiah Carlson <jcarlson at uci.edu> wrote:

This is a good thing, because if switch/case ends up functionally identical to if/elif/else, then it has no purpose as a construct. On the other hand, because it is different from if/elif/else, and it is different in such a way to make certain blocks of code (arguably) easier to read or understand, (likely provably) faster, then it actually has a purpose and use.

Excellent formulation!

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