On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 1:56 AM, Matijn Woudt <tijnema@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I agree that large switch block are not always easy and useful to split, > however, writing too much code inside a switch block isn't considered good > practice too IMO. Though, it is unavoidable in some cases I think. I do > have some of these functions in my code too, I have one switch block of > more than 500 lines, but that's just because I have more than 400 > individual case statements, and I don't think there's a better way to do > it. Doesn't mean I like it btw. I never encounter such big switch statement in PHP yet. However I saw huge switch and had to optimize it while working with a custom programming language interpreter written in C. When I see the language is OO, I try to apply polymorphic behavior and eliminate any switch statements. Here is a video that demonstrated the concept http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F72VULWFvc -- Shiplu.Mokadd.im ImgSign.com | A dynamic signature machine Innovation distinguishes between follower and leader
