FW: Switch statements again

Peter Hansen peter at engcorp.com
Thu Jan 16 09:02:21 EST 2003


"David K. Trudgett" wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday 2003-01-15 at 22:49:10 -0600, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> >
> >     David> Python should get a case/switch statement, ...
> >
> > A fair amount of thought has been put into this topic.  Have a look at PEP
> > 275:
> >
> >     http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0275.html
> 
> That's interesting. I didn't know about that. What's Guido's take on
> it? (Since he seems to be the "Python Dictator".)

Nit: replace "seems to be" with "is".  There's no seeming about it.

By the way, since you didn't know about PEPs, you should look at
http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0001.html (PEP Guidelines) wherein
you'll find this statement: 
  "Once the authors have completed a PEP, they must inform the PEP 
   editor that it is ready for review.  PEPs are reviewed by the BDFL
   and his chosen consultants, who may accept or reject a PEP or send
   it back to the author(s) for revision."

Note also the status of PEP 275: "draft", which means not yet ready
for review...

-Peter




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