On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 05:55:08PM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> > x()
> > {
> >
> > switch (1) {
> > case 0:
> > case 1:
> > case 2:
> > case 3:
> > ;
> > }
> > }
> >
> > Why am I required to put a `;' only in the last case and not in
> > all the previous ones?
>
> That `;' above is NOT in just the last one. In your above
> example, all the labels will execute the same `;' statement.
>
> In fact, the default behaviour of the switch() operation is
> to fall through to the next defined label and you have to put
> in an explicit `break;' if you want to prevent `case 0:' from
> reaching the `;' below the `case 3:'...
Are you kidding me?
Andrea
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