[Python-ideas] Match statement brainstorm

[SW]

On 24/05/16 07:08, Greg Ewing wrote:
>> On Mon, May 23, 2016 at 7:57 PM, Michael Selik
>> <michael.selik at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> def demo(arg):
>>>    if p, q ?= arg.x, arg.y:                        # dict structure
>>>    elif x ?= arg.x and isinstance(x, int)          # assignment + guard
>>>    elif a, b, *_ ?= arg:                           # tuple structure
>>>    elif isinstance(arg, Mapping):                  # nothing new here
>
> I'm unenthusiastic about this -- the above looks like
> an unreadable mess to me.
Agreed.

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