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cmd/vet : check empty "case" in "switch" #8391

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gopherbot opened this issue Jul 19, 2014 · 1 comment
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cmd/vet : check empty "case" in "switch" #8391

gopherbot opened this issue Jul 19, 2014 · 1 comment

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@gopherbot
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by nicolas.riesch:

When converting C code to Go, it is easy to introduce the following mistake because in
Go, "case" don't fallthrough:

---- C code ----

switch (grade) {
   case 'A' :
      printf("Excellent !\n" );
      break;
   case 'B' :
   case 'C' :
      printf("Not bad !\n" );
      break;
   default :
      printf("Try again !\n" );
   }

---- Go code ----

switch grade {
   case 'A' :
      fmt.Println("Excellent !" );
   case 'B' : <======= BUG INTRODUCED HERE
   case 'C' :
      fmt.Println("Not bad !" );
   default :
      fmt.Println("Try again !" );
   }


It is easy to forget to merge "case" clauses, as the above should be:

   case 'B',
    'C' :
      fmt.Println("Not bad !" );


It would be nice if vet could detect such consecutive CASE clauses, which are often
mistakes.

Other easier idea is to make "go fmt" write a semicolon in a line following an
empty CASE clause, just to make emtpy clauses more visible:

   case 'B' :
      ;
   case 'C' :
      fmt.Println("Not bad !" );
@ianlancetaylor
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Comment 1:

I agree that this is an easy mistake when converting from C to Go, but it's normal in Go
to write a case clause with no statements if there is nothing to do.  We don't want to
change that in go vet or go fmt.

Status changed to WorkingAsIntended.

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