Op 16-03-16 om 12:07 schreef Mark Lawrence: > On 16/03/2016 10:52, Antoon Pardon wrote: >> Op 16-03-16 om 10:51 schreef Mark Lawrence: >>> On 16/03/2016 09:35, Antoon Pardon wrote: >>>> Op 16-03-16 om 09:47 schreef Mark Lawrence: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Same with switch. You can use a hash table etc. to simulate >>>>>> switches, >>>>>> but only if the codeblocks are independent. Otherwise, if-elif >>>>>> chains >>>>>> are the way to go. Command line parsing is a case where switch >>>>>> statements are often used, e.g. in shell scripts. >>>>> >>>>> I've seen at least six different ways of simulating switches, so >>>>> those >>>>> people who want them, can have them. if-elif chains are not >>>>> likely to >>>>> kill any Python programmer. >>>>> >>>>> I have no interest what other languages use switch/case statements >>>>> for, as we've on the PYTHON mailing list. >>>> >>>> There once were multiple ways to simulate a conditional expression. >>>> And it was generally thought that using if else statements instead >>>> of a conditional expression was unlikely to kill any Python >>>> programmer. >>>> >>>> But then one of the core developers was bitten by a nasty bug because >>>> he was using one of those constructs that simulated a conditional >>>> expression and soon enough Python had a conditional expression. >>>> >>>> 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. >> >> Do you think python should stop progressing? Because all progress >> python wil make, will be done by putting something in the language >> we've done without for 25 years. >> >> That we have done without doesn't contradict it can be useful to have. >> > > Raise the item on the python-ideas mailing list for the umpteenth time > then, and see how far you get.
I don't care enough. I do care about people using valid arguments. -- Antoon Pardon -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
