From: Austin Ziegler <austin@...>
Date: 2004-02-05T06:55:08+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR draft for enhanced "case..when..else..end" syntax

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004 04:27:06 +0900, Sean O'Dell wrote:
> On Wednesday 04 February 2004 11:07 am, Guoliang Cao wrote:
>> About my example, I don't think people should do a complex design.
>> "if..elsif" is the answer in current Ruby capability.
> Personally, I like the idea of a more readable way to replace the
> if...elsif paradigm.  It's a great idea!

It's called lookup tables or object oriented programming using virtual 
calls, as Robert Klemme implemented.

-austin
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austin ziegler    * austin@halostatue.ca * Toronto, ON, Canada
software designer * pragmatic programmer * 2004.02.04
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