Re: Ada 83 Style Query

[Laurent.Guerby@enst-bretagne.fr (Laurent Guerby)]

Wes writes
: 
: I'm working on some old code that has a long string of elsif checking
: strings that come in from outside against known commands.
: 
: Seeking opinions on the desirability of using an enumerated type with 'VAL
: and a case statement.  The sore spot is the need for an exception handler
: when the incoming string matches none of the literals in the command list.
: 
: What would YOU do?  And yes, "look the other way" is a viable answer. :-)

   Depending of what is on your priority list, other ways :

- hcode table (you can try some automatic "best" hcode generators).
- long list of imbricated "if", look at the GNAt lexical analysis routine. 

   Hope this helps,

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