Previous PEPs to add pattern matching — PEP 275 and PEP 3103, proposed in 2001 and 2006 respectively — were turned down due to lack of popular support.PEP 3103 was drafted by Python creator ...

Rejoice! Gone are the long chains of if…else statements, because switch statements will soon be here — sort of. What the Python gods are actually giving us are match statements. match s… ...

One convenient behavior not available through Python’s native syntax, but which is found in many other modern languages, is pattern matching.Values can be tested for a match against a defined ...

We have a surprising amount to say about Python’s addition of the match statement (not be be confused with switch statements). And when it comes to electromechanical synth gear, it’s hard to ...