On Thursday 21 November 2013 10:36:27 Michael Schnell wrote: > On 11/21/2013 10:06 AM, Martin Schreiber wrote: > > that semantic is independent of order of items. With variable case > > labels this is not possible. > > I don't understand what you mean by this. Could you give an example ? > " case i1 of 1: res:= 10; 2: res:= 20; end;
case i1 of // same as above 2: res:= 20; 1: res:= 10; end; case i1 of 1: res:= 10; 1: res:= 20; //compiler error end; " " i1:= 1; i2:= 1; i3:= 1; case i1 of i2: res:= 10; i3: //no compiler error res:= 20; end; case i1 of i3: //no compiler error, different result res:= 20; i2: res:= 10; end; " [...] > > For me, the "case a of" syntax should be just an abbreviation of an > "else if" cascade of > > if a=x1 then begin > ... > end else if a = x2 then begin > ... > end else if a = x2 then begin > ... > else begin > end; > I don't think so. for me 'case' <> 'else if'. Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ mseide-msegui-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mseide-msegui-talk
