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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Strict switch
From: smalyshev@gmail.com (Stanislav Malyshev)

Hi!

> I'm referring to support for non-trivial expressions, aka blocks. Say, the
> ability to split up a long expression by using a meaningful temporary
> variable. Block support is sufficient to cover *most* switch use-cases,
> obviating the need to introduce a new switch variant.

We could take a page from Scala book and designate a return value to a 
block (of course, no reason to bother if it's not used) - which should 
make it relatively easy to add blocks in any expression context.

-- 
Stas Malyshev
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