Why Do We Need Breaks In Switches Again

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Why Do We Need Breaks In Switches Again

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The eternal suffering of forgetting to add break statements in switch cases. The code just keeps on executing through every subsequent case like it's on a mission to ruin your day. And then you spend three hours debugging why your function is returning seventeen different values when it should only return one. The worst part? The compiler sits there silently judging you instead of throwing a warning. Thanks for nothing, compiler.

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