caseprof.clj

(ns com.draines.test)

(defmacro casen [n switch]
  (let [f (fn [m]
            (let [s (format "x-%d" m)
                  k (keyword s)]
              [k s]))
        disps (map f (range 1 (inc n)))]
    `(case ~switch
       ~@(apply concat disps))))

(time (casen 5 :x-5))
; "Elapsed time: 0.045 msecs"

(time (casen 50 :x-50))
; "Elapsed time: 0.019 msecs"

(time (casen 100 :x-100))
; "Elapsed time: 0.025 msecs"

(time (casen 500 :x-500))
; java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No distinct mapping found