Forums Feature Suggestions switch statement like c++

switch(var) {
case 1:

case 2:

default :

}
very useful! :tongue:

In the meantime you can use /goto as a wordaround. See this and this threads.

but goto is not a structured programmation

So? Does it solve your problem equally well without creating spaghetti code or otherwise making your life difficult now or in the future? If the answer is yes, who cares what is "structured programming" and what isn't? I would perhaps prefer a true switch instead of a goto here for a couple of reasons; goto not being structured programming certainly isn't one of them though.

mIRC is not meant to be a high level programming language like C++. If it was, we would have many more commands to work with. There are tons of useful C++ commands that would be helpful in various scripts. However, that's not the purpose of mIRC. As long as there are commands to accomplish what needs done, that is enough, imo.

I thought that also, but just becuse you can "alreayd do it" doens't mean there isn't a better way or shouldn't be a better way. For exaple, C++ (for the most part) is C with a lot of shortcuts, and cut corners. Such as why did C++ feel the need to add cout, when printf already existed? You can print everything you want with printf, So why add cout?

It's little things that are nice in the longrun that make thigns enjoyable. Even if it can be done otherwise, the shortcuts are nice >:D

mIRC scripting isn't intended to be structured or object oriented.

I think you'll find it's intended to be structured, otherwise we'd all be using goto statements instead of while loops and defined aliases.

Personally I don't really mind either way if it's added or not, but I don't think anyone can honestly claim that adding switch statements would be contrary to the ideals of mIRC's scripting language.