[fpc-devel] Minor debate with ISO standard on case blocks

[Paul Breneman]

This message thread has been interesting to read.

I just realized today that I dealt with similar issues in Delphi 19 
years ago.  This is discussed in the good Microsoft Press book *Code 
Complete* by Steve McConnell.  Using the default else block of a case 
statement to show a program error message is exactly what is recommended 
on pages 319-320 (and the same thing for repeated if statements on page 
316).  I don't know if this directly applies, but it was fun to renew a 
few brain cells by looking at old emails.

If I add an enumerated type and forget to update some of my code, I'd 
like to get an error message when the unchanged code is run.

Regards,
Paul
www.ControlPascal.com