Vijay Nayar:

> Thanks for the post!  This kind of history is pretty fascinating and I'll 
> give it a good read.  From what I've read so far, I'm surprised at how 
> heated the debate becomes :)

The current syntax is a compromise of several different needs, and it's 
acceptable, despite a minor fault (it reminds a bit too much the slice syntax, 
despite including the final item. The final item is included because it is more 
handy for char ranges: you are allowed to write case 'a': .. case 'z': to take 
all lowercase ASCII).

I'd like some support for final switches on integers, and to use range case 
syntax in final switches too.

Bye,
bearophile

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