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From: atbowler@orchid.UUCP
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Subject: Re: goto's and switch statements -- mild proposal
Message-ID: <10567@orchid.waterloo.edu>
Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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Reply-To: atbowler@orchid.waterloo.edu (Alan T. Bowler [SDG])
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In article <6289@brl-smoke.ARPA> gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>) writes:
>In article <10265@orchid.waterloo.edu> rbutterworth@orchid.waterloo.edu (Ray Butterworth) writes:
>>    case 'a' :: 'z' :
>
>There's another serious problem underlying all these suggestions;
>namely, that "a through z" has a well-defined meaning.  Working
>groups of /usr/group and/or IEEE P1003 are attempting to define
>what regular expressions (which include case ranges) would MEAN
>in a general, i.e. international, environment.  

I think you missed the point.  The request was for case ranges.
We all know that things can be misused, and the international alphabet
problem is a common one.  However, just because the original example
happened to pick an example that might or might not represent a problem
depending on the use of the program doesn't affect the original request.
    Ignore the fact that the example used character constants, and
think of them as integers.  e.g.
    case -9 :: -1:
    case  1 ::  9: