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From: mkr@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: Re: Switch case common code
Message-ID: <953@mmm.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 19-Jun-86 14:31:26 EDT
Article-I.D.: mmm.953
Posted: Thu Jun 19 14:31:26 1986
Date-Received: Sun, 22-Jun-86 04:26:43 EDT
References: <605@cisden.UUCP> <134@danews.UUCP>
Reply-To: mkr@mmm.UUCP (MKR)
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In article <134@danews.UUCP> lvc@danews.UUCP (Larry Cipriani) writes:
>The 'best' I think that can be done is to do something like:
>
>	switch (switch_variable)
>	{
>	case a: ...
>		...
>		goto common;
>		break;
>
>	case b: ...
>		...
>	common:	common_code_for_a_and_b
>		break;
>
>	case c: ...
>		...
>		break;
>	}
>
>Larry Cipriani		AT&T Network Systems

	Why not:

int common_stuff()
{
	blahblahblah
}

main()
{
...
	switch (thnad) {
	case A:
		do the A stuff;
		common_stuff();
		break;
	case B:
		do the B stuff;
		common_stuff();
		break;
	case C:
		do the C stuff;
		break;
	}

I thought that's what functions were for.

	--MKR