Re: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch
Hi Chris, oh right and that makes everything better. you're a fantastic person! I don't see how criticising a silly question makes me a bad person in the first place. you should be able to handle a little public humiliation/chastisement since you so easily dish it out. You missed the point. Anyway, stop flogging a dead horse. Stupid questions have stupid answers, unfortunatly mine was one of the stupid answers - in hind site, I agree it was an inapropriate thing to say. Kind Regards, Aidan - Original Message - From: Chris W. Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Aidan Lister [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:25 AM Subject: RE: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch Aidan Lister mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Saturday, June 05, 2004 6:19 AM said: You'll note I did not criticise the poster, merely his seemingly stupid question. oh right and that makes everything better. you're a fantastic person! I suggest you practice what you preach. If you have a comment on my reply to a users post, feel free to contact me personally - [EMAIL PROTECTED] you should be able to handle a little public humiliation/chastisement since you so easily dish it out. c. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch
Aidan Lister mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Saturday, June 05, 2004 6:19 AM said: You'll note I did not criticise the poster, merely his seemingly stupid question. oh right and that makes everything better. you're a fantastic person! I suggest you practice what you preach. If you have a comment on my reply to a users post, feel free to contact me personally - [EMAIL PROTECTED] you should be able to handle a little public humiliation/chastisement since you so easily dish it out. c. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch
--- Aidan Lister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This appears to be a really, really stupid question. Is this level of condemnation of a poster necessary? Whether you think Dennis's question was stupid or not, there is no need for such harsh criticism in front of everyone on this list. There are many ways you could have worded your response to ask the poster to rephrase his question. Your approach was not appropriate. = ~Rachel __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch
Hi Rachel, You'll note I did not criticise the poster, merely his seemingly stupid question. I suggest you practice what you preach. If you have a comment on my reply to a users post, feel free to contact me personally - [EMAIL PROTECTED] There is equally no need to criticise my crticism - on the list, in front of everyone, as you so boldly put it. Rachel Rodriguez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Aidan Lister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This appears to be a really, really stupid question. Is this level of condemnation of a poster necessary? Whether you think Dennis's question was stupid or not, there is no need for such harsh criticism in front of everyone on this list. There are many ways you could have worded your response to ask the poster to rephrase his question. Your approach was not appropriate. = ~Rachel __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch
Now Now children ... It is always worth remembering that for some posters English is not their first language and therefore while a question may sound silly, there may be perfectly good reasons for it being asked. Always answer the bits that fit between the lines, that is usually the real question. Returning to the question :) If a case statement can be created with a switch, then that should be faster than a string of if then's, but I have seen compilers converting a set of switch values to a string of if then statement like checks. So internally there may well be no difference what so ever! But where a number of conditions need checking, then the result may not be practical with a simple switch anyway. So the question is possibly - does a case statement switch get processed as a set of goto statements, or a list of equality checks? It makes no difference to the client, but would have an effect on processing times and perhaps the order of segments could be adjusted to account for the most likely state first. -- Lester Caine - L.S.Caine Electronic Services -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch
* Thus wrote Aidan Lister ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): This appears to be a really, really stupid question. Didn't your teachers ever tell you that there is no such thing as a stupid question? Curt -- What... is the Airspeed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch
Good. Initially, before I sent this message, I was concerned that it was a really, really, really stupid question. But I apparently hit the mark perfectly with two reallys. Since you seem to enjoy answering them, I shall try to come up with a slew of what I hope will be really, really stupid questions, just for you. Should I send them to your e-mail directly, or share them with the whole list? After all, maybe not everyone enjoys really, really stupid questions as much as you. Just a quick note to clarify: I did ask about the difference between the two conditionals, and a difference in speed is a good example of a difference. In seriousness, if you think it's an unworthy question, why take the time to respond? Deleting the message will take far less energy. Also, I can't see the harm in asking a stupid question (or question that involves one or more reallys), so long as I get an answer. After all, it isn't as though I ask people to write scripts for me or ask questions just to avoid the hassle of looking in the manual. [Original Message] From: Aidan Lister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 06/05/2004 2:04:03 AM Subject: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch This appears to be a really, really stupid question. If they are indentical in operation, then ofcourse there will be no noticeable difference to the user. One may note that a switch statement is faster, because the condition is only evaluated once. However you did not ask about the speed difference. Dennis Seavers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there any noticeable difference (on the part of the client) between identical conditionals, one written as a switch, the other written as an if, elseif ... else conditional? I realize that one programmer coming in behind another might prefer the gentler layout of a switch; but would there be any perceivable difference, client-side, between the options? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch
[Original Message] From: Aidan Lister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 06/05/2004 6:19:24 AM Subject: Re: [PHP] Re: if/elseif/else v. switch Hi Rachel, You'll note I did not criticise the poster, merely his seemingly stupid question. P.S. Isn't it possible that you offended the question by criticizing it? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
