On Jun 4, 2020, at 2:17 AM, Remi Forax <fo...@univ-mlv.fr> wrote: > > One simple solution is to use different keyword for different kind of > patterns, > by example, "case" for a constant pattern, "instanceof" for the type pattern, > "default" the default pattern, etc
That strikes me as making the job of mechanical parsing easier, and the job of *reading* harder. You’d replace a uniform left column of case/case/case with a heterogeneous mix of keywords. And most of the time you wouldn’t care which is which.