Is there no switch function in Python

[Roy Smith]

Isaac To <iketo2 at netscape.net> wrote:
> C switch is much more flexible than one would expect.  It is not just
> a cheap replacement of a sequence of if-then-else.  E.g., in an
> exercise of "The C++ Programming Language" of Bjarne Stroustrup, you
> can see the following example code:
> 
>   void send(int *to, int *from, int count) {
>     int n = (count + 7) / 8;
>     switch (count % 8) {
>     case 0: do { *to++ = *from++;
>     case 7:      *to++ = *from++;
>     case 6:      *to++ = *from++;
>     case 5:      *to++ = *from++;
>     case 4:      *to++ = *from++;
>     case 3:      *to++ = *from++;
>     case 2:      *to++ = *from++;
>     case 1:      *to++ = *from++;
>       } while (--n > 0);
>     }
>   }

La-de-dah, Bjarne discovers loop unrolling.  You don't need a switch 
statement to unroll loops.

Hold on a second.  Cases 1 through 7 jump into the middle of the do 
loop!?  Pardon me while I barf.  I didn't even know that was legal.  
That's the kind of code that gives C++ a bad name.