On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Greg Ewing wrote:
>Donald Beaudry <donb@abinitio.com>:
>
>> In a for or while, the else clause only gets executed when
>> the statement terminates "normally" (not due to a break). Following
>> this model, one might expect the else clause associated with a 'when'
>> statement to be executed whenever a when's in caluse terminates
>> normally. But what does "normally" mean in this context?
>
>No, please, don't try to make it work like the loops do! By the
>principle of least astonishment when coming from other languages, that
>would be a nightmare.
Yes, it should work exactly like the loops do;
it's just Donald who's confusing how `else' clauses on loops work,
There's nothing "normal" about running to the end of a loop.
The `else' clause is entered when the (explicit or implicit) test
of the main statement fails.
This is how it works with `if', `except', and loops.
Anything else would be confusing and error-prone.
Thus, in the below code, one and only one of the three functions is called.
select flip_eggs:
when 1:
sunny_side_up()
when 2:
over_easy()
else:
scrambled()
/Paul
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