jashkenas / jashkenas/coffeescript
Bug: Switch statements cannot be one-lined
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- CoffeeScript
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Description
Choose one: is this a bug report or feature request?
Bug
### Input Code
```coffee
switch when true then yes
```
and
```coffee
switch a when true then yes
```
### Expected Behavior
The above should compile
### Current Behavior
It does not compile
### Possible Solution
### Context
### Environment
* CoffeeScript version:
* Node.js version:
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by compiling the two switch examples from the issue and compare their failures with nearby switch syntax in the CoffeeScript compiler. Done means both one-line forms compile successfully; the issue does not identify a source file, test, or CoffeeScript and Node.js version.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- coffeescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100