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From: Sm@cerberus.bhpese.oz.au (Scott Merrilees)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: The Sins of K&R
Message-ID: <1990Oct2.041030.13765@bhpese.oz.au>
Date: 2 Oct 90 04:10:30 GMT
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volpe@underdog.crd.ge.com (Christopher R Volpe) writes:
>How about combining the "let's make break implicit" idea with the
>"lets add ranges and lists" idea and solve everybody's problems? E.g.:

>ch = getch();
>switch (ch) {
>  case 'q','Q',27,13:
>    exit_menu=1;
>  case 'a':
>    do_a();
>  ...etc
>}

>Now, a break within a case can be used to break out of an enclosing loop,
>and the "multi-case" capability is still maintained.                    

I still want to be able to do:

	switch ( var )
	{
	case '1':
		func1();
	case '2':
		func2();
	default:
		func3();
		break;
	}

Sm
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