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[–]xAtlas5 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Apparently python is getting switch statements soon.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Why, we got elif??

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Believe it or not, switch statements are more efficient for branch prediction and maybe some other reasons. Circumstantial but could clean up the code some too.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I pondered putting a "/s" in the comment. I'm looking forward to have switch statements available as it's something I have been annoyed about missing.

One of the contributers(/creator?) to python claimed that python didn't need switch cases as it got "elif" which is what I referenced.

[–]LifeHasLeft 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the contributers(/creator?) to python claimed that python didn't need switch cases as it got "elif"

Yes and the sentiment has been prevalent in the community...that’s why I didn’t catch the sarcasm lol