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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Make switch/case to type sensitive comparison in PH P 5?
From: mhsims@midsouth.rr.com (Michael Sims)

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 17:08:25 -0000, you wrote:

>Choosing between "case 0:" and (say) "case_identical 0:" would only be =
the
>same as choosing between =3D=3D and =3D=3D=3D in an if statement -- it =
would just give
>the opportunity to do it using the elegant switch structure instead of =
the
>clumsy if...elseif...else chain.

Why not something like this:

$a =3D 0;

switch (true) {
  case ($a =3D=3D=3D 'somestring'):
    ...
    break;
  case ($a =3D=3D=3D 0):
    ...
    break;
}

It's not pretty, but you might like it better than
if...elseif...else...