"Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Josiah Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > After reading Thomas' post and Talin's response, I'm going to have to > > agree with Talin; syntax options are moot until we can decide what is > > acceptable in the case EXPR. > > IMHO any expression should be acceptable, it should be evaluated when > being compared, and there should be other means (independent from > switch/case) to make named constants which may be expanded at compile > time.
The problem with allowing *any* expression is that then switch/case statements are, strictly speaking, a new syntax for a simplified if/elif/else chain; offering precisely no advantages over what currently exists. One important point of the entire Switch/Case statement discussion was that if we couldn't make it fast with dictionary dispatch, then it doesn't really have a use. Deciding on what can be made into compile time constants, will allow for dictionary dispatch, and gives the PEP a point. - Josiah _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
