rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript
support switch statements
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BrighterScript
New Language Feature
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 208
- Forks
- 68
- Avg merge
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- 39
Description
switch something
case somethingElse1:
' ...
case somethingElse2:
' ...
case somethingElse3:
' ...
default:
' ...
end switch
should transpile to:
if something = somethingElse1 then
' ...
else if something = somethingElse2 then
' ...
else if something = somethingElse3 then
' ...
else
' ...
end if
may because of the if else, the break statement is implied, otherwise it might be transpiled with goto statements to support fallthrough.
if something = somethingElse1 then
goto somethingElse1Label
else if ...
somethingElse1Label:
'...
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First steps
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Research direction
No source files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the transpiler handling for conditional and block statements, then trace how BrightScript syntax is parsed and emitted. Done means switch statements transpile correctly, including the intended behavior for implicit breaks and possible fallthrough.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100