Comments on: switch() – the better if() ? http://blog.hma-info.de/2008/04/15/switch-the-better-if/ Fabians random thoughts about work and private life Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:40:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Fabian http://blog.hma-info.de/2008/04/15/switch-the-better-if/comment-page-1/#comment-4350 Fabian Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:37:01 +0000 http://blog.hma-info.de/?p=66#comment-4350 Thanks Guildenstern for explaining me via IM why you actually do want to do such crazy switches in hardware design :-) But thats no excuse for doing it in software, ran by regular compilers and interpreters. Thanks Guildenstern for explaining me via IM why you actually do want to do such crazy switches in hardware design :-)
But thats no excuse for doing it in software, ran by regular compilers and interpreters.

]]> By: Guildenstern http://blog.hma-info.de/2008/04/15/switch-the-better-if/comment-page-1/#comment-4255 Guildenstern Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:31:47 +0000 http://blog.hma-info.de/?p=66#comment-4255 I have seen this in C# code.... however the default statement was commented out BUT that great developer added an additional comment. The whole thing looked like this: <pre class="prettyprint"> case true: //(some code ...) case false: //(some code ...) //are there any other states than true or false in C#? //default: //(some exception handling code ...) //NOTE: This has been uncommented, because otherwise it does not compile </pre> :-D That developer doesn't work for my company any more. PS: Hardware Developers are used to use switch over if statements in VHDL and verilog because the synthesiser will really create a parallel structure. I have seen this in C# code…. however the default statement was commented out BUT that great developer added an additional comment. The whole thing looked like this:

case true:
//(some code ...)

case false:
//(some code ...)

//are there any other states than true or false in C#?

//default:
//(some exception handling code ...)

//NOTE: This has been uncommented, because otherwise it does not compile

:-D

That developer doesn’t work for my company any more.

PS: Hardware Developers are used to use switch over if statements in VHDL and verilog because the synthesiser will really create a parallel structure.

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