Comparing ranges with switch

[Brian Goetz]

As you observe, this is an entirely reasonable fit for switch.  However, 
if we were to just do labels like:

     case 1..10:

this would fall into the category of "ad-hoc syntax-oriented feature", 
and our budget for such things is limited (and arguably overspent.)  To 
make such a feature worthwhile, we'd want to address ranges more 
holistically, such as support in loops, arrays, ranges of other ordered 
types (such as long or enums), etc.  Which is a totally reasonable 
feature to consider, but is also more significant in scope.



On 3/13/2024 8:16 AM, Red IO wrote:
> The switch statement saw a huge transformation over the past few 
> releases. So I was quite surprised to realize that the current switch 
> construct can't check the range of an value.
> Example case x is between y and z.
> I'm most likely not the first one to notice that. Is there any 
> discussion about adding some sort of range pattern? Would fit in the 
> notion of the switch checking patterns quite well.
>
> Great regards
> RedIODev
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