Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Eric Nieuwland wrote:
>
>> I have some doubt about the keyword: ‘match' seems to be at odds with
>> 'for', 'while', 'with', 'if' as it is more of an action.
>> It's more like 'try' but that statement has a completely different
>> structure.
>
> Well, 'try' is also an action. :-) Many people have tried to come up with a
> different keyword here, but nothing has been found that comes even close to
> the simplicity of match. Plus, several other languages (Scala, Rust) use it
> too (which is further evidence that it's a natural fit).
It may also be evidence for not being able to come up with a more accurate
keyword.
Reading through the PEP once more I noticed I was understanding
match X:
case Y:
Z
as
when X:
matches Y:
Z
which also to me seems to reflect the close relation to an if-elif-elif…
construction.
This would almost naturally imply the possibility of:
when X:
matches Y:
Z
...
else:
Q
And maybe also an additional operator:
if X matches Y:
Z
>> Not a native speaker I don't have a reasonable alternative, though.
>
> Me neither, but I speak it quite fluently now, and 'match' really feels
> like it fits well here.
Trying ;-)_______________________________________________
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