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+1.9.0-dev.41 | 2023-07-19 09:17:47 +0200
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+  * Mention unit switch statements in conditional parsing docs. (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
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+    Instead of decorating many fields with `if` conditions for certain
+    grammars a simpler approach can be to use a unit switch statement with
+    branch-by-expressions. Add a link to unit switch from the conditional
+    parsing section.
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 1.9.0-dev.39 | 2023-07-18 11:21:27 +0200
 
   * GH-1485: Add validator rejecting unsupported multiple uses of attributes. (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)

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     :exec: printf '\01\02\03\04' | spicy-driver %INPUT; printf '\02\02\03\04' | spicy-driver %INPUT
     :show-with: foo.spicy
 
+For repeated cases of conditional parsing unit :ref:`parse_switch` statements
+might allow for more compact and easier to maintain code.
+
 .. _parse_lookahead:
 
 Look-Ahead