Software Engineering discussion

This chapter has some interesting advice on if and case statements. One new one for me is to always code an 'else' if you have an 'if then', and even in the case where 'else' is empty, to still code it and add a comment that you considered the else and decided that it should be empty. It sounds like a good idea to me.

I liked the idea of using default clause for detecting faults. I guess I just like every idea in this book that contributes to self testing code…

Good chapter for new programmers. Nice ideas for readability and generally avoiding bugs too.

I think "Fallthroughs" on switch statements are fine when a comment line identifies the intent too.