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diff --git a/pod/perlsyn.pod b/pod/perlsyn.pod index aad4efd2f7..9d0c9209ea 100644 --- a/pod/perlsyn.pod +++ b/pod/perlsyn.pod @@ -393,8 +393,18 @@ structures. } There is no official C<switch> statement in Perl, because there are -already several ways to write the equivalent. In addition to the -above, you could write +already several ways to write the equivalent. + +However, starting from Perl 5.8 to get switch and case one can use +the Switch extension and say: + + use Switch; + +after which one has switch and case. It is not as fast as it could be +because it's not really part of the language (it's done using source +filters) but it is available, and it's very flexible. + +In addition to the above BLOCK construct, you could write SWITCH: { $abc = 1, last SWITCH if /^abc/; |