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MSC17-C-EX2: When control flow is intended to cross statement labels, it is permissible to omit the break statement. In these instances, the unusual control flow must be explicitly documentedmade clear, such as by adding the [[fallthrough]] C2x attribute, the __attribute__((__fallthrough__)) GNU extension, or a simple comment.

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enum WidgetEnum { WE_W, WE_X, WE_Y, WE_Z } widget_type;
widget_type = WE_X;

switch (widget_type) {
  case WE_W:
    /* ... */
    /* No break; processfall through caseto forthe WE_X as wellcase */
  case WE_X:
    /* ... */
    break;
  case WE_Y: case WE_Z:
    /* ... */
    break;
  default: /* Can't happen */
	 /* Handle error condition */
}

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Astrée
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switch-clause-break
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ECLAIR

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616, 825

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