Hi, On Friday, 2011-10-28 08:49:07 +0200, Stephan Bergmann wrote:
Huh. Then why use a switch? Why not use an if-else set of clauses? I recognize that this function may be called a lot, but does an if vs switch statement mean /that/ much in terms of performance?But (a) a switch looks that much more cleaner than an if-else-cascade, and (b) you have the same situation with the if-else-cascade anyway, the default switch case corresponding to a final else branch there.
(c) a compiler may generate a jump table from switch cases, avoiding the chained execution of if-elseif-elseif-... Eike -- LibreOffice Calc developer. Number formatter stricken i18n transpositionizer. GnuPG key 0x293C05FD : 997A 4C60 CE41 0149 0DB3 9E96 2F1A D073 293C 05FD
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