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From: jack@vu44.UUCP (Jack Jansen)
Newsgroups: net.lang.c
Subject: default
Message-ID: <341@vu44.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Jun-84 05:51:28 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 25 05:51:28 1984
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This has probably been discussed before, as everything has,
but here goes :
What does

     switch(i) {
	...
	switch(j) {
	    ...
	    default: ...
	}
    }

    do if there is no case corresponding to i?
I can imagine even worse constructions like
    switch(i) {
	switch(j) {
	default:....
	}
	switch(k) {
	default:....
	}
    }
Or I could even add a 'goto default'.........
(Note: my C Ref Man doesn't say that default is a reserved word,
so using default as an ordinary label is perfectly legal)

	Jack Jansen, {philabs!decvax}!mcvax!vu44!jack