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

[thaddy]

On 2019-07-30 12:26, Paul Breneman wrote:
> 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
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I actually hope Scott Franco reads this (a.k.a Scott Moore).
He knows a lot about the standards and developed several iso compliant 
interpreters/p-code compilers.