Re: else ladders practice

Richard Harnden wrote:

On 31/10/2024 12:11, fir wrote:

somethins i got such pices of code like
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if(n==1) {/*something/}
if(n==2) {/*something/}
if(n==3) {/*something/}
if(n==4) {/*something/}
if(n==5) {/*something/}
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technically i would need to add elses - but the question is if to do that

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Why not ...
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switch (n)
{
     case 1:
         /* something */
         break;
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     case 2:
     /* etc ... */
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     default:
         /* something else */
}
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... ?
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switch is literally flawed construction - (i was even writing or at kleast thinking why, last time but sadli i literrally forgot my arguments, would need to find that notes)
so i forgot why but i forgiot that it is flawed - i mean the form of this c switch has sme error

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do teh code has really chance to be slower without else (except some
very prmitive compilers) ??
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not adding else makes liek code shorter.. so im not literally sure
which is better

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The size of teh [sic] source code won't make any difference to the size
of the executable - so aim for readability first and foremost.
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