Indeed, after serialization, statements probably go next on the list of
"gifts that keep on giving." Languages that avoided this mistake have a
leg up on languages that didn't.
On Sep 3, 2020, at 2:16 PM, Brian Goetz <brian.go...@oracle.com
<mailto:brian.go...@oracle.com>> wrote:
That came up in the expression switch exploration. The thinking
then, which I think is still valid, that it is easier to understand
the difference when default-totality is attached to the expression
versions, because expressions _must_ be total and statements totally
make sense to be partial.
Which, many theorists would say, is an indictment of statements (both
generally and in this specific instance).
