Why do we need break after case statements?

Question

Why doesn\'t the compiler automatically put break statements after each code block in the switch? Is it for historical reasons? When would you want multiple code blocks to e

Answer 1

So you do not have to repeat code if you need several cases to do the same thing:

case THIS:
case THAT:
{
    code;
    break;
}

Or you can do things like :

case THIS:
{
   do this;
}
case THAT:
{
   do that;
}

In a cascade fashion.

Really bug/confusion prone, if you ask me.