attempts.swift

Olivier: I think that's one of the rare cases where fallthough is acceptable

import XCTest

class Tester: XCTestCase {
    func testit() {
        XCTAssertEqual("a", switchTheFallthroughOrder(foo: .a))
        XCTAssertEqual("b", switchTheFallthroughOrder(foo: .b("x")))
        XCTAssertEqual("c", switchTheFallthroughOrder(foo: .b("cx")))
        XCTAssertEqual("c", switchTheFallthroughOrder(foo: .c))
    }
}

Tester.defaultTestSuite.run()

// Goal
func Goal() -> String {
    switch foo {
    case .a: return "a"
    // Error: str must be bound in every pattern
    case .b(let str) where str.hasPrefix("c"), .c: return "c"
    case .b: return "b"
    }
}

// Fallthrough doesn't work
func test1() -> String {
    switch foo {
    case .a: return "a"
    // Error: fallthrough from a case which doesn't bind variable 'str'
    case .c: fallthrough
    case .b(let str) where str.hasPrefix("c"): return "c"
    case .b: return "b"
    }
}

func obviousWayButNotDesired() -> String {
    switch foo {
    case .a: return "a"
    case .c: return "c"
    case .b(let str) where str.hasPrefix("c"): return "c"
    case .b: return "b"
    }
}

//  By default, the ~= operator compares two values of the same type using the == operator.
func test2() -> String {
    switch foo {
    case .a: return "a"
    // Error: Operator function ~= requires that Foo conform to Equatable
    case _ where foo ~= .c : return "c"
    case .b(let str) where str.hasPrefix("c"): return "c"
    case .b: return "b"
    }
}

/*
 error: macOS.playground:23:26: error: expected expression for 'where' guard of 'case'
 case .c(let _) where let str = "c": fallthrough
 ^

 error: macOS.playground:23:26: error: expected ':' after 'case'
 case .c(let _) where let str = "c": fallthrough
 ^

 error: macOS.playground:23:39: error: consecutive statements on a line must be separated by ';'
 case .c(let _) where let str = "c": fallthrough
 ^
 ;

 error: macOS.playground:23:39: error: expected expression
 case .c(let _) where let str = "c": fallthrough
 ^
 */

func test3() -> String {
    switch foo {
    case .a: return "a"
    case .c(let _) where let str = "c": fallthrough
    case.b(let str) where str.hasPrefix("c"): return "c"
    case .b: return "b"
    }
}

// Also a non-winner although it works:
func alsoNotDesired() -> String {
    switch foo {
    case .a: return "a"
    case .b(let str) where !str.hasPrefix("c"): return "b"
    default: return "c"
    }
}

// Greg Titus: You can fallthrough into scopes with FEWER variables defined, so this order works:
    case .b(let str) where str.hasPrefix("c"):
        fallthrough
    case .c: return "c"

// Suyash Srijan  10:52 AM
// I think the best you can do is something like this:
switch foo {
  case .a: return "a"
  case .b:
    guard case let .b(str) = foo, str.hasPrefix("c") else {
       return "b"
    }
    fallthrough
  case .c: return "c"
}

@greg’s solution has the advantage of the greatest readability and elegance