[Python-Dev] PEP 622 questions

2020-08-16 Thread Jean Abou Samra
Hi there, As a poor user, I am extremely excited about the possibilities PEP 622 (structural pattern matching) opens. I'd like to ask a few questions. I hope these were not already answered in other threads, which it is hard to follow given the amounts of information. First, I'd like to know w

[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 622 questions

2020-08-16 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 12:37 PM Jean Abou Samra wrote: > Hi there, > > As a poor user, I am extremely excited about the possibilities PEP 622 > (structural pattern matching) opens. I'd like to ask a few questions. > > I hope these were not already answered in other threads, which it is hard > to

[Python-Dev] Re: Critique of PEP 622 (Structural Pattern Matching)

2020-08-16 Thread Stephen J. Turnbull
Steven D'Aprano writes: > Oh, I'm sorry, I based my comment on Chris' comment that Mark was > repeating everyone else's arguments. My bad :-( Mark can be tendentious. Some of his arguments in the main gist were also made by others, but mostly they do seem to be reiterations of his own pet pee