[Gambas-user] Suggestions 4 new keywords

[Rolf-Werner Eilert]

Am 17.09.2010 11:59, schrieb Benoît Minisini:
>>
>> But if you really want to get rid of something useless, why not change
>> SELECT CASE into SELECT? I don't know the history of this keyword, but
>> it smells like it was planned to allow for further combinations.
>> However, nobody ever implemented them, and it stayed as it was. If we
>> don't revive the old idea, why not allowing the programmer to write it
>> like SWITCH? You could make it an option:
>>
>> SELECT myExpression
>> CASE 0
>> CASE 1
>> CASE 2,3
>> CASE ELSE
>> END SELECT
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Rolf
>>
>
> Did you try it?
>

No, I never have... (getting red)

But, do you happen to know why it was originally implemented like this? 
I have known it for ages like SELECT CASE and always have wondered why...

Regards

Rolf