Proposed Enhancement to select/case (yes, I know...)

[Henry Spencer]

In article <BURLEY.90Aug30030645 at world.std.com> burley at world.std.com (James C Burley) writes:
>... how about this: allow ranges (and, perhaps, lists) on case statements.

Such a feature appeared in one draft of ANSI C, and disappeared in the
next.  I believe the reason was the usual:  there was no implementation
experience with it, and it was a minor convenience rather than a solution
to a serious problem.
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