Previous PEPs to add pattern matching — PEP 275 and PEP 3103, proposed in 2001 and 2006 respectively — were turned down due to lack of popular support.PEP 3103 was drafted by Python creator ...

One convenient behavior not available through Python’s native syntax, but which is found in many other modern languages, is pattern matching.Values can be tested for a match against a defined ...

It's not just Python, of course, but with, say, C++ nobody's going to be concerned about adding some extra syntax, because C++ isn't where most people start learning to code.

As a C programmer for decades, my mind rebelled against the idea. "Nonsense," "Absurd" and "Too simple" were my knee-jerk reactions. Taken to its ultimate end, this premise suggests that code golf-- ...

According to The Register, VS Code is one of the most popular Python IDEs. In fact, there wasn’t much difference in its user base (29%) compared to that of the winner, JetBrains PyCharm (33% ...