[Python-Dev] switch-based programming in Python

[Greg Ewing]

"Martin v. Loewis" <martin@v.loewis.de>:

> switch x:
>   if 'foo':
>     ...
>   elif 'bar':
>     ...

I don't like that, because the 'if' has a different meaning
from usual because of being inside a construct that is perhaps
some distance away visually.

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