> I’d like to use switch instead of some new construct

Switch is a very thorny contraption, it's a remnant of an older time and
it's just not good language design. Switch cases falling through are
bug-prone and everyone runs into problems with "error: jump to case label
crosses initialization of xyz" etc. The mere notion of able to write
nonsense like the following is not a good thing:

switch(n) {
    while(n--) {
        case 10:
          foo(n);
        case 20:
          bar();
        default:;
    }
}

Switch will never go away, but we should move to something better.

Jeremy

On Tue, May 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM Filip via Std-Proposals <
std-proposals_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> > `switch` should not be looked on as something that has a future.
>
> Maybe just a preference but I’d like to use switch instead of some new
> construct. Seems like an easy thing to do.
>
> Cheers, Filip
>
> Wiadomość napisana przez Jason McKesson via Std-Proposals <
> std-proposals_at_[hidden]> w dniu 20 maj 2025, o godz. 15:52:
>
> `switch` should not be looked on as something that has a future.
>
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