On 6/23/06, Josiah Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a good thing, because if switch/case ends up functionally > identical to if/elif/else, then it has no purpose as a construct. On > the other hand, because it is different from if/elif/else, and it is > different in such a way to make certain blocks of code (arguably) easier > to read or understand, (likely provably) faster, then it actually has a > purpose and use.
Excellent formulation! -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
