fall-through
Noun
In certain programming constructs, the situation where execution passes to the next condition in a list unless explicitly redirected.
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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.
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Specifically, it prohibits fall-through conditions in almost all cases.
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fall-throughsfallthrough