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Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 05:38:36 -0500
From: Scott Warner <swarnerx3 AT acadia DOT net>
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To: Dan Chak <chakster AT geocities DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: "jump to case label" message; please help me!
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Dan Chak wrote:
> 
> I have the following code in a program of mine which (to me) seems to be
> harmless.  However, I get an error with DJGPP that says "Error: Jump to
> case label" for the line that reads "case 3:".  Can anyone help me
> figure out why??
> 
>    int choice;
>    do {
>       choice = mainMenu->update();
>       switch (choice) {
>          case 2:
>             BITMAP * card = load_pcx("10d.pcx", myPal);
>             show_mouse(NULL);
>             masked_blit(card, screen, 0, 0, 50, 50, 115, 177);
>             show_mouse(screen);
>             delete card;
>             choice = 0;
>             break;
>          case 3:
>             delete mainMenu;
>             delay(2);
>             break;
>       }
>    } while (!choice);
> 
> Thanks,
> Dan Chak
> chakster AT geocities DOT com

Generally, I think it's good practise to put in a default: label.  What
happens if choice is 0 in this example?  I haven't coded this, so I
don't know if the missing default: is the problem.