Xref: utzoo comp.std.c++:259 comp.std.c:3520 Newsgroups: comp.std.c++,comp.std.c Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) Subject: Re: Proposed Enhancement to select/case (yes, I know...) Message-ID: <1990Aug30.164610.3519@zoo.toronto.edu> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology References: Date: Thu, 30 Aug 90 16:46:10 GMT In article burley@world.std.com (James C Burley) writes: >... how about this: allow ranges (and, perhaps, lists) on case statements. Such a feature appeared in one draft of ANSI C, and disappeared in the next. I believe the reason was the usual: there was no implementation experience with it, and it was a minor convenience rather than a solution to a serious problem. -- TCP/IP: handling tomorrow's loads today| Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology OSI: handling yesterday's loads someday| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry