[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

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[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

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[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2015-06-09 Thread via Digitalmars-d-bugs
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[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #16 from bearophile_h...@eml.cc 2012-01-18 04:40:14 PST --- (In reply to comment #13) There are two very different use cases in D here. An option is to add another kind of switch attribute: enum switch (foo) { case c1: break;

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #17 from Stewart Gordon s...@iname.com 2012-01-18 06:45:23 PST --- (In reply to comment #16) (In reply to comment #13) There are two very different use cases in D here. An option is to add another kind of switch attribute:

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #18 from bearophile_h...@eml.cc 2012-01-18 09:53:06 PST --- (In reply to comment #17) We already have an enum switch - it's called final switch. The purpose of this idea is different. A final switch requires to list all

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #19 from Jonathan M Davis jmdavisp...@gmx.com 2012-01-18 10:01:02 PST --- Personally, I think that simplest and best solution is to just restrict case statements to compile-time constants like every language does. I agree with Don

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #20 from bearophile_h...@eml.cc 2012-01-18 10:06:02 PST --- (In reply to comment #19) Personally, I think that simplest and best solution is to just restrict case statements to compile-time constants like every language does. I

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 Andrej Mitrovic andrej.mitrov...@gmail.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC|

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #22 from Jonathan M Davis jmdavisp...@gmx.com 2012-01-18 13:50:26 PST --- `if (x = foo())` can't work, so I don't know why `switch (x = foo())` can. That's easy. With if, there's a strong possibility that the programmer really

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #23 from Stewart Gordon s...@iname.com 2012-01-18 15:26:46 PST --- (In reply to comment #18) What would it be anyway - just an optional check for the programmer similar to the override attribute? override will stop being

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-18 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #24 from bearophile_h...@eml.cc 2012-01-18 16:06:09 PST --- (In reply to comment #23) This wouldn't make sense - why should I be forced to add something just to show I know that all the case values are compile-time constants?

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-17 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #15 from d...@dawgfoto.de 2012-01-17 19:47:59 PST --- Some argumentation in favor of a dynamic switch switch (receive(ch0, ch1, ch2)) { case ch0: writeln(ch0.get()); break; case ch1: writeln(ch1.get()); break;

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-15 Thread d-bugmail
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[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-15 Thread d-bugmail
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[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-15 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 Peter Alexander peter.alexander...@gmail.com changed: What|Removed |Added CC|

[Issue 6176] [tdpl] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2012-01-15 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #13 from bearophile_h...@eml.cc 2012-01-15 11:11:43 PST --- (In reply to comment #11) I don't understand why anyone sees the need to limit the switch construct in any way. There are two very different use cases in D here. If you

[Issue 6176] [TDPL] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2011-07-08 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 Don clugd...@yahoo.com.au changed: What|Removed |Added CC||clugd...@yahoo.com.au ---

[Issue 6176] [TDPL] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2011-07-08 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #8 from Jonathan M Davis jmdavisp...@gmx.com 2011-07-08 01:13:14 PDT --- Well, it works with variables which are of type int. TDPL claims that it works with variables, and switch statements work with integral types and strings. So,

[Issue 6176] [TDPL] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2011-06-20 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #6 from Stewart Gordon s...@iname.com 2011-06-20 15:11:09 PDT --- (In reply to comment #5) (In reply to comment #4) If the case values are all constant, create this tree. Otherwise, just compare the switched value with the

[Issue 6176] [TDPL] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2011-06-19 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 Stewart Gordon s...@iname.com changed: What|Removed |Added Keywords|rejects-valid |spec

[Issue 6176] [TDPL] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2011-06-19 Thread d-bugmail
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[Issue 6176] [TDPL] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2011-06-19 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 Jonathan M Davis jmdavisp...@gmx.com changed: What|Removed |Added Keywords|spec|rejects-valid

[Issue 6176] [TDPL] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2011-06-19 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 Stewart Gordon s...@iname.com changed: What|Removed |Added Keywords||spec --- Comment #4

[Issue 6176] [TDPL] Cannot use string variables in case expressions

2011-06-19 Thread d-bugmail
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=6176 --- Comment #5 from bearophile_h...@eml.cc 2011-06-19 16:23:49 PDT --- (In reply to comment #4) If the case values are all constant, create this tree. Otherwise, just compare the switched value with the cases individually. This is