Following on from PEP 634, it would be good to be able to have Erlang /
Elixir-style pattern matching in function headers.
(I don't know what the technical term is for this language feature, but
hopefully the examples will clarify.)
Here's the obligatory fibonacci example:
```
def fib(0):
return 0
def fib(1):
return 1
def fib(n):
return fib(n-1) + fib(n-2)
```
Or, another example:
```
def allow_entry({"name": "Bob"}):
return "Bob is not allowed in ever!"
def allow_entry({"name": "Charles", "day": "Tuesday"}):
return "It's a Tuesday, so Charles is allowed in."
def allow_entry({"name": "Charles", "day": _}):
return "Charles is only allowed in on a Tuesday."
def allow_entry({"name": name}):
return f"Come in {name}, make yourself at home!"
```
Thanks for considering my idea.
Kind regards
Sam Frances
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