On 28/02/2014 11:38, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
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.
There are umpteen recipes for switch statements so take your pick or if
you don't like any of them write your own. Much easier than beating
your head against multiple brick walls, which is what raising this one
on python-ideas is likely to be. See
http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0275/ and
http://legacy.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3103/
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