Re: [WebDNA] opinions on [switch] [case]...

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2009


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 103837
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texte = Govinda wrote: >> So maybe all webdna needs is a break statement which it currently does >> not have. Actually it has one, but it only works for [loop] -- not >> for [switch]. > > I always like to keep humble since there are always deeper-thinker coder > heads than me.. but I agree that if [switch] (in any language) is going > to go on executing cases after the first matching case, then there > really needs to be the ability to break out of that. > > ------------ > Govinda > govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com Well, the deal about switch / Break is that it is useful perhaps in PHP because one can have complex regex matches... where WebDNA's switch is very speedy in that in that it is a simple match. It also is not a loop... so in order for a [break] to show *any* speed improvement in switch.. you'd have to type out one heck of a long manual switch context... and if you are going to do that, you might as well use [loop].. which already has a break. Something like: [loop start=1&end=10000000] [showif [url][interpret][var[index]][/interpret][/url]=somvalue] [break] [/showif] [/loop] I suppose if we ever replicate a PHP-like switch, [break] would make more sense. Donovan -- Donovan Brooke WebDNA Software Corporation http://www.webdna.us **[Square Bracket Utopia]** Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: [WebDNA] opinions on [switch] [case]... (Donovan Brooke 2009)
  2. Re: [WebDNA] opinions on [switch] [case]... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  3. Re: [WebDNA] opinions on [switch] [case]... (Govinda 2009)
  4. Re: [WebDNA] opinions on [switch] [case]... (Kenneth Grome 2009)
  5. [WebDNA] opinions on [switch] [case]... (Govinda 2009)
  6. [WebDNA] opinions on [switch] [case]... (Govinda 2009)
Govinda wrote: >> So maybe all webdna needs is a break statement which it currently does >> not have. Actually it has one, but it only works for [loop] -- not >> for [switch]. > > I always like to keep humble since there are always deeper-thinker coder > heads than me.. but I agree that if [switch] (in any language) is going > to go on executing cases after the first matching case, then there > really needs to be the ability to break out of that. > > ------------ > Govinda > govinda.webdnatalk@gmail.com Well, the deal about switch / Break is that it is useful perhaps in PHP because one can have complex regex matches... where WebDNA's switch is very speedy in that in that it is a simple match. It also is not a loop... so in order for a [break] to show *any* speed improvement in switch.. you'd have to type out one heck of a long manual switch context... and if you are going to do that, you might as well use [loop].. which already has a break. Something like: [loop start=1&end=10000000] [showif [url][interpret][var[index]][/interpret][/url]=somvalue] [break] [/showif] [/loop] I suppose if we ever replicate a PHP-like switch, [break] would make more sense. Donovan -- Donovan Brooke WebDNA Software Corporation http://www.webdna.us **[Square Bracket Utopia]** Donovan Brooke

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