[Cryptography] I don't get it.

Werner Koch wk at gnupg.org
Wed Apr 16 15:58:32 EDT 2014


On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 15:42, sandyinchina at gmail.com said:

> < 10-line program that finds > 3800 files in the Linux kernel where
> the word "switch" occurs more often than "default". Nowhere near
> all of these will be actually be problematic, but they are worth a look.

switch statements without a default clause are useful to assert that all
enum values are handled.  Compilers can and do check for non-handled
values.  You do the default processing by other means.


Salam-Shalom,

   Werner

-- 
Die Gedanken sind frei.  Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz.



More information about the cryptography mailing list