Somehow? Would be nice to have a comment explaining this “somehow" then because it looks tricky. Also is there a place explaining the naming conventions? I have a hard time understanding what is the difference between tcom(), acom(), xcom(), and then there’s complex() … On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Rob Pike > wrote: It's not dead code. It's prepping the switch somehow. -rob On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Rob Pike > wrote: Looks like it. -rob On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:11 PM, Yoann Padioleau > wrote: Hi, It’s a copy paste bug here right? https://code.google.com/p/ken-cc/source/browse/src/cmd/cc/cc.y#476 | LSWITCH '(' cexpr ')' stmnt { $$ = new(OCONST, Z, Z); $$->vconst = 0; $$->type = types[TINT]; $3 = new(OSUB, $$, $3); $$ = new(OCONST, Z, Z); $$->vconst = 0; $$->type = types[TINT]; $3 = new(OSUB, $$, $3); $$ = new(OSWITCH, $3, $5); }