On Mon, 6 Oct 1997 00:27:19 +0200, Frank Heckenbach wrote:

Bernhard Tschirren wrote:

[...]

...

Var I : Integer; Begin Case I Of 1: WriteLn('One'); 2: WriteLn('Two'); Else WriteLn('Big');

    WriteLn('BUG!');
End;

End.

SP and EP (AFAIK) don't use "else" but "otherwise" in a "case" statement, so they don't apply here.

Actually SP doesn't have an else/otherwise/default/whatever you want to call it technique for case statements. EP does have an 'otherwise' feature and my reading of 10206:6.9.3.5 is that like BP's "else" usage, "otherwise" doesn't require a begin/end for statement sequences either. Or can someone tell if I am reading it wrong? (Note especially, the first example)

(If GPC behaves wrong with "otherwise", that's another thing, I don't know.)

Ironically, gpc doesn't compile it with an "otherwise" in there (at least with 970714) -- which *would* be a bug (IMO), but I don't think that is at all what the original poster was getting at.

-Kevin

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