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To: Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] Short-match
From: mike@newclarity.net (Mike Schinkel)



> On Dec 16, 2020, at 12:49 PM, Ben Ramsey <ben@benramsey.com> wrote:
>=20
>> On Dec 16, 2020, at 10:54, Mike Schinkel <mike@newclarity.net> wrote:
>>=20
>> If we allow "switch {...}" to represent  "switch (true){...}" then =
the value switch compares will be hidden and less obvious to a developer =
if they are forgetting to consider switch's evaluation behavior. For =
some people this would increase the WTF factor.
>=20
> How does `"switch (true){...}"` cause less surprise than `"switch =
{...}=E2=80=9D` for loose comparisons? IMO, seeing the boolean value =
`true` causes more confusion, since it matches any truthy value but the =
constant value in the expression is a bool.

I believe I must have worded it such that you misunderstood what I was =
writing.

In fact, what you wrote is the point I was trying to get across.  Sorry =
for my poor phrasing.

-Mike=