The previous Python parser had many limitations, which restricted the Python devs in which syntax ... the \ line continuation character: It works, but it’s not Pythonic. With the new parser ...

Now they can get those features without having to switch to a new ... whatever Python interpreter is already in use. One convenient behavior not available through Python’s native syntax, but ...

Python, for all its power and popularity, has long lacked a form of flow control found in other languages—a way to take a value and match it elegantly against one of a number of possible conditions.