Meaning of fall-through | Babel Free

Definitions

In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“It 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.”

“If you place default elsewhere, then a break will be required to prevent fall-through.”

“Specifically, it prohibits fall-through conditions in almost all cases.”

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