john boris <jbori...@gmail.com> wrote: > I know I should use Switch
Brandon Allbery replied: > Actually Switch is considered rather bad. Paul Graydon asked: > I don't think I've heard that before.. why is switch considered bad? In > most languages it is supposed to be far more efficient than a nested if > statement. I don't know Brandon Allbery's reasons for saying "Switch is . . . bad" but I do know this: Perl 5 does not have "switch" as a native statement in the language; "Switch" (note the capitol "S") is a Perl module that extends the language. If I had to guess at Brandon's reasons it would be that the module is implmented poorly. Whether switch is more efficient than nested if statements is a language implementation question; whether it's easier for humans to understand is a religious debate; in either case, the issue here is (I believe) the lack of a switch statement as a native part of the language. Adam _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
