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

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Sun Jun 25 06:48:14 CEST 2006

Phillip J. Eby wrote:

1. "case (literal|NAME)" is the syntax for equality testing -- you can't use an arbitrary expression, not even a dotted name.

That's too restrictive. I want to be able to write things like

class Foods: Spam = 1 Eggs = 2 Ham = 3

...

 switch f:
   case Foods.Spam:
     ...
   case Foods.Eggs:
     ...

-- Greg

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