On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 2:45 PM Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> On 07/11/2020 10:29 AM, Jim J. Jewett wrote: > > To me, "else:" has a slightly different meaning than "case _:" > > > > case _: essentially a default, ensuring that the match logic > is complete. > > > > else: OK, the subject of this match failed, here is our fallback > logic. > > > > Whether this distinction is important enough to express in code is > another question, as is whether or not anyone but me would follow this > "obvious" convention. So I'm not convinced the difference justifies the > existence a second syntax. But I'm also not sure it doesn't, particularly > if that distinction were given in the PEP and in documentation for the > match statement. > > This is exactly how I would use it. > Hm... Just the fact that people have been arguing both sides so convincingly makes me worry that something bigger is amiss. I think we're either better off without `else` (since the indentation of `case _` cannot be disputed :-), or we have to revisit the reasons for indenting `case` relative to `match`. As MRAB said, it's a case of picking the least inelegant one. Let me add that the parser can easily deal with whatever we pick -- this is purely about human factors. -- --Guido van Rossum (python.org/~guido) *Pronouns: he/him **(why is my pronoun here?)* <http://feministing.com/2015/02/03/how-using-they-as-a-singular-pronoun-can-change-the-world/>
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