Fall-through

Full definition of fall-through

Noun

1. (computing) In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected.
• 1997, Bjarne Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language: Language Libraries and DesignIt is a good idea to comment the (rare) cases in which a fall-through is intentional so that an uncommented fall-through can be assumed to be an error.
• 2001, Graham M Seed, Barry J Cooper, An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming in C++If you place default elsewhere, then a

• 2008, Nagel et al, Professional C# 2008Specifically, it prohibits fall-through conditions in almost all cases.

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