On 08/07/2020 16:15, MRAB wrote:
On 2020-07-08 03:08, Rob Cliffe via Python-Dev wrote:
Why not use '=' to distinguish binding from equality testing:
      case Point(x, =y): # matches a Point() with 2nd parameter equal to
y; if it does, binds to x.

This would allow a future (or present!) extension to other relative
operators:
      case Point(x, >y):
(although the syntax doesn't AFAICS naturally extend to specifying a
range, i.e. an upper and lower bound, which might be a desirable thing
to do.
Perhaps someone can think of a way of doing it).

Whether
      case =42:
      case 42:
would both be allowed would be one issue to be decided.

In Python, '=' is assignment and '==' is equality. Using '=' for equality could lead to confusion.
Fair enough.  In that case use `==` instead:
    case Point(x, ==y): # if matches a Point with the given y-value, bind to x

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