why are undergrads in compsci so obsessed with switch statements
@wallhackio not an undergrad but purrsonally i just despise how if-elseif chains look
@aescling but switch statements add a bunch of indentation so for me it's picking your poison
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@wallhackio @aescling Do they?
switch (some_enum) {
case VALUE1:
do_something();
break;
case VALUE2:
do_something_else();
break;
}
vs.
if (some-enum == VALUE1) {
do_something();
} else if (some_enum == VALUE2) {
do_something_else();
}
That's the same amount of indentation...
@vaporeon_ @aescling oh I have a skill issue it seems
@vaporeon_ @aescling I would always do it like
switch(gorp) {
case 'norp':
console.log('norp');
break;
case 'sorp':
console.log('sorp');
break;
default:
console.log(' what the gorp???');
break;
}
@wallhackio @aescling Cursed
Will not work in C
@vaporeon_ @aescling this is JavaScript
@wallhackio @aescling You can switch statement on a string in JavaScripts? Even though gorp and 'norp' don't point to the same address? 
@vaporeon_ @wallhackio you wanna see some real fucked up shit? switch (true):
// the navbar links to every chunk of the gallery.
// the current page does not get a link.
// index 0 links to `/`.
/** @type {Node[]} */
const linksByIndex = [];
for (let i = 0; i < chunkedImages.length; i++) {
switch (true) {
case i === chunkIndex:
linksByIndex.push(li({ class: "active" }, `${i + 1}`));
break;
case i === 0:
linksByIndex.push(li({}, a({ href: "/" }, `${i + 1}`)));
break;
default:
linksByIndex.push(li({}, a({ href: `/${i + 1}.html` }, `${i + 1}`)));
}
}
@aescling @vaporeon_ I guess I understand the undergrads now because the i++ just made my eye twitch even though it literally doesn't matter
@vaporeon_ @aescling
It's "more performant" to use ++i*
*It really doesn't matter and even if this does give a teeny, marginal performance boost it's the kind of thing a modern compiler will catch for you anyway
@wallhackio @aescling If I remember correctly, in one of our courses we were told that this is something that a compiler can easily optimise
@wallhackio @aescling I was agreeing with you, I was saying "we were taught the same thing"
@wallhackio @aescling ??? What's wrong with
i++?