Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>: > Python currently has dispatch tables and if/elif chains, and a strong > cultural aversion to switch. You could change that by coming up with > some *really* awesome proposal, but you'll be fighting against the > tide a bit.
It's easy have a "cultural aversion" when the language doesn't provide the facility. Switch statements provide for excellent readability in parsers and state machines, for example. They also allow the Python compiler to optimize the statement internally unlike long if-else chains. Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
