[Python-Dev] Switch statement

Greg Ewing greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz
Wed Jun 21 02:16:26 CEST 2006


Raymond Hettinger wrote:

>  switch x:
>     case 1:  one()
>     case 2:  two()
>     case 3:  three()
>     default:  too_many()
> 
> Do we require that x be hashable so that the compiler can use a lookup 
> table?

That sounds reasonable.

--
Greg


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