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From: bengsig@dk.oracle.com (Bjorn Engsig)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: What kind of code does switch/case make?
Message-ID: <1272@dkunix9.dk.oracle.com>
Date: 28 Feb 91 11:04:32 GMT
References: <1991Feb26.024207.26167@wpi.WPI.EDU> <1991Feb26.025435.16306@wpi.WPI.EDU>
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Article <1991Feb26.025435.16306@wpi.WPI.EDU> by fenn@wpi.WPI.EDU (Brian Fennell) says:
|What kind of code does switch(fu){ case c1: ... case c2: ... } make?
The compiler is free to make whatever code is prefers such as jump table,
if-else sequence a combination, etc. as long as it sticks to the semantics
of the switch.  There is no general answer to your question.
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Bjorn Engsig, ORACLE Corporation, E-mail: bengsig@oracle.com, bengsig@oracle.nl

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