On 2026-01-26 23:53, Bruce Weirdan wrote:
On Mon, Jan 26, 2026 at 5:48 AM Morgan <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> On 2026-01-26 07:44, Larry Garfield wrote:
> >
> > With per-arm, you can opt-in to pattern matching individually, at
> the cost of having to remember to repeat the keyword on every line.
> With per-block, you only have to add the keyword once at the cost of
> > not being able to selectively use patterns or identity matching.
> >
> > Which tradeoff is better is the option question. (Ilija and I
> disagree on which to go with.) Or, if someone can suggest a way to
> allow automatic detection reliably, that would also be most welcome. :-)
> >
>
> If it had to be one or the other [...]
Does it have to be one of the other though? Can't we have both?
> > ...so the real question is if "match($foo) is {..." should be added
as a shorthand for when all matching is on patterns.
