On 07/11/2020 03:31 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
On Sat, Jul 11, 2020 at 2:45 PM Ethan Furman 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 it just means there are several "right" ways to do it, we just need to
pick one. I'll be happy to use whatever we end up with*.
--
~Ethan~
* I hope. ;-)
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