Surely the compiler knows that it’s the last label of the switch statement?
Surely the compiler knows that it’s the last label of the switch statement?
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Surely the compiler knows that it’s the last label of the switch statement?
Having a break after your switch’s final case statement is good defensive programming. If, perhaps in the future, another case statement is added below, it removes the risk of the program’s flow falling through from the case above.