he is referring to #caseOf: and #caseOf:otherwise: which are a bit controversial ;-)
On 27 Jun 2014, at 21:38, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]> wrote: > 2014-06-27 16:31 GMT-03:00 Eliot Miranda <[email protected]>: >> On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Esteban A. Maringolo >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Because Smalltalk lacks a "switch/case" control flow structure? :) >> and of course it has one that works just fine. > > Really? Which one? > > Or are you referring to this code pattern? > (a = 1) ifTrue: [^...]. > (a = 2) ifTrue: [^...]. > (a = 3) ifTrue: [^...]. > > Double dispatching is not always an option. > :) > > > Esteban A. Maringolo >
