Throwing exceptions in switch statements when no specified case can be handled

Question

Let\'s say we have a function that changes a password for a user in a system in an MVC app.:

public JsonResult ChangePassword
    (string username, string curren         


        

Answer 1

I've used this practice before for specific instances when the enumeration lives "far" from it's use, but in cases where the enumeration is really close and dedicated to specific feature it seems like a little bit much.

In all likelihood, I suspect an debug assertion failure is probably more appropriate.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6z60kt1f.aspx

Note the second code sample...