the default of a switch

[Doug Gwyn]

In article <10833 at pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> klatchko at cory.Berkeley.EDU (ron klatchko) writes:
>In a C switch statement, if you have a 'default' part, does it have 
>to go below all the 'case' parts?

It's just one of several possible labels in the switch body; the labels
can appear on any statement.

>As a matter of style, I know it should, ...

Not necessarily.  There are times when the default case is better dealt
with first.