From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-02-09T06:41:26+09:00
Subject: Re: RCR draft for enhanced "case..when..else..end" syntax


"Gennady" <gfb@tonesoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:401FD2C6.1010703@tonesoft.com...
> Robert Klemme wrote:
> > "Gennady" <gfb@tonesoft.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> > news:401FC5BB.10809@tonesoft.com...
> >
> >>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
> >
> >
> > Since which version of Ruby?  Thx!
> >
> >     robert
> >
> >
>
> I checked that it works in 1.6.8. I remember somebody (Nobu?) mentioning
> it on ruby-talk some time ago.

I couldn't find it in the Pickaxe - I'll file it under "Hidden Treasures
of Ruby"... :-)

Thanks!

    robert