On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Mark H. Harris <harrismh...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi Chris, I don't think you're wrong. There are two issues for me (and one > of them is not how the switch is implemented). > > 1) Is it easier for average users of python as a language to read switch case > default, or if elif else ? > > I personally can see and understand a switch block 2x to 3x faster than > looking at an elif chain. Because I am primarily a C programmer and I > personally use and read switch blocks.
Sure. But before you can ask us to consider how readable it is, we need to have comparisons. Mock up a switch statement equivalent and show us how it'd be better. I just looked at your version, and couldn't see any way that it would be an improvement, because it required that there be the exact same if/elif chain to figure out what to switch on. So give us your readable version, in an exact reimplementation of the if/elif chain, so we can see exactly how it would go. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
