On 16/03/2016 19:41, BartC wrote:
On 16/03/2016 09:51, Mark Lawrence wrote:
On 16/03/2016 09:35, Antoon Pardon wrote:
So I guess those who would like a case statement in Python can
only hope a core developer gets bitten by a nasty bug while using
one of those ways of simulating switches.
So that core developers can waste their time putting something into the
language that we've done without for 25 years, yes, that strikes me as
extremely worthwhile.
I've noticed that Python doesn't appear to have a way of putting
separators into numeric literals. (Or if it does, I've no idea how).
That means being able to write:
a = 1'000'000
b = 239_288
c = 0x7FFF`FFFF`FFFF`FFFF
depending on what separator is used. Despite waiting for it for 25
years, would that be worthwhile or not? (And if not, why not? And if it
is, perhaps other things can be too.)
Of course the change is actually trivial,
The above really is trivial (to anyone already familiar with the
workings of the byte-code compiler).
as
BartC has all ready pointed out. The work involved is shown here
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-June/065827.html
That article appears to try to do without using a new switch byte-code,
as the author doesn't see the point. My code to implement a 'switch'
byte-code (for integer expression and constant integer case-expressions)
is below.
Not shown is the support needed in the byte-code compiler (about 300
lines in my case as it's a bit fiddly, but it's not a run-time cost).
For a Python version, it might be an idea to make use of the convention
for constants (all-caps), then a streamlined switch could be on the cards.
global function k_switch:ref void =
int index,n,lower
n := getopnda
lower := getopndb
case sptr^.tag
when tint,ttype then
else
pcerror("switch not int")
esac
index:=(sptr++)^.value-lower
if u32(index)>=u32(n) then # out of range
return ref int((pcptr+n*2+4)^)
else
return ref int((pcptr+index*2+4)^)
fi
end
Job done then. Raise an issue on the bug tracker and the extremely
simple task of having a switch/case statement in Python is solved. How
the dumbo core developers didn't see this in the first place I'll just
never know.
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what you can do for our language.
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