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On Jul 11 12:13, Brandon Low wrote: |
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> Is there a good reason to turn it on or not to turn it on that I should |
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> be aware of? |
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As far as I can read, Arnold D. Robbins is just waiting for the 3.2 release to |
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put it in for real. |
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The pro, is that it will help awk programmers to get aquaninted with the |
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function, and of course to use that function instead of writing a ton on |
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else-if code. |
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On the other hand, it could brake code, if the coders have a user |
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defined switch function, but this (i hope) is quite unlikely. |
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Whould you like me to dig in to this matter a bit further? |
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>From the news file: |
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8. C-style switch statements are available, but must be enabled at |
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compile time via `configure --enable-switch'. For 3.2 they'll be |
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enabled by default. Thanks to Michael Benzinger for the initial |
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code. |
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Whould you like me to dig up on the why a little further? |
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Alvaro Figueroa |
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