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From: browns@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com (Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: switch break
Message-ID: <1285.270b3b9e@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 4 Oct 90 18:39:42 GMT
References: <15611@csli.Stanford.EDU> <11428@alice.att.com> <1990Oct3.160403.517@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
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About the fact that a case in a switch statement falls through to the next
case unless there's an explicit break:

In article <1990Oct3.160403.517@Neon.Stanford.EDU>, 
dkeisen@Gang-of-Four.Stanford.EDU (Dave Eisen) writes:
> I doubt anyone has difficulty understanding the semantics of switch,
> they are simple enough. That doesn't mean we agree with them. Any decent
> C programmer uses switch correctly every day of eir life, but I doubt
> that I am alone in having omitted it by accident once or twice and
> having been left with annoying bugs.

Bingo.

The above is my own opinion and not attributable to any other person or
organization.                        email: browns@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.    (216) 371-0043