On: JEP 325: Switch Expressions

[bobbyi_settv]

How is "break" in switch statements a footgun in Java? It is annoying boilerplate to need a "break" after each case, but how can it lead to shooting yourself in the foot?

[on_and_off → bobbyi_settv]

Because I have seen more than once devs forgetting to add a 'break;', resulting in more or less subtle bugs.

The kotlin/swift way of declaring this flow does not let you do this mistake.

[m2ger → on_and_off]

I recommend using ErrorProne in Your projects. There are several problems its compiler will catch and fall through begin one of them: http://errorprone.info/bugpattern/FallThrough

It might take quite a lot of work to fix (or bypass) all the reported problems in a large codebase but it is worth it.

[jfoutz → bobbyi_settv]

by forgetting it in that one long clause.