Semantics of "case"



["Robert Dodier" <robert.dodier at gmail.com>, Mon, 8 Jan 2007 19:49:58 -0700]:
> I'm not convinced case is needed, since we have if--then--elseif--else.

+1, especially as anyone who wants "case" can easily provide one
himself, with exactly the right semantics.

For this to work well, however, we would need namespaces: a much more
important addition to the Maxima language IMO, and unfortunately one
much more difficult to implement.

Just my EUR 0.02,

Albert.