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Subject: Re: In case statment? (was Re: is exception when others =>
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Ze Administrator wrote:

> 
>> Now my next question is should a case statment be:
>>
>>    case Number is
>>
>>       when others =>
>>          null;
>>    end case;
>>
>> Or simply:
>>
>>    case Number is
>>
>>    end case;
> 
> 
> Not easy to do, but it would be really cool
> if you could generate
> 
>    case Number is
> 
>       when One   =>
>       when Two   =>
>       when Three =>
> etc.
> 
> In other words, if the tool could be smart enough
> to find and parse the type of Number and provide
> all the slots.
> 

This will be difficult and can have hundreds of possiblities, who knows?

But if the editor is interactive enough when it is asked to generate 
case, it can be considered.
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