From: Guoliang Cao <gcao@...>
Date: 2004-02-04T01:11:56+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR draft for enhanced "case..when..else..end" syntax



---- Original Message ----
> Guoliang Cao wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I'm thinking of submitting a RCR. Here is the draft. Comments are welcome.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Cao

> Do you know about this syntax currently available?

> a = "aaa"
> b = "bbb"
> case
>    when a == "aaa", b == "bbb"
>      puts "Lowercase detected"
>    when a == "AAA", b == "BBB"
>      puts "Uppercase detected"
>    else
>      puts "Detection failed"
> end

No. This is close to what I want though. The only drawback is you still
have to type "a", "b" in each when clause.

Cao